KUALA Lumpur Special Branch chief Abu Samah Mohd Noor has been made acting Kuala Lumpur police chief effective today, replacing Yahaya Othman, who was appointed Pahang police chief.

A handing-over of duty ceremony was held at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters today, witnessed by Bukit Aman Management director Azmi Abu Kassim.

Samah will be acting in that post until the new Kuala Lumpur police chief Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain reports for duty.

Shuhaily is now the Penang police chief while Samah has been promoted to Kedah deputy police chief effective May 22.

Samah is also concurrently the acting Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief until the new appointment for the post is decided by the Bukit Aman’s top management.

At the same ceremony, Beh Eng Lai, who has been promoted to Kuala Lumpur Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department head, handed over duties to new Sentul district police chief Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari. – Bernama, May 8, 2023.