Musa Hassan

Tan Sri Musa Hassan(middle) at the Marine Police Training Centre, Tampoi, Johor Bahru.

Tan Sri Musa Hassan(born 1952) is former Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police. He has served with the Royal Malaysian Police for 41 years.^[1]

Inspector-General of Police

He took over the post from Mohamed Bakri Omar in September 2006; Hassan had previously worked as Deputy Inspector-General under him.^[2] He was investigated on allegations of corruption related to the release of three members of illegal betting syndicates; however, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail ordered the Anti-Corruption Agency to close the investigations in July 2007 for lack of evidence.^[3] Two months later, it was announced that he would receive a two-year extension of his term to 13 September 2009, despite having reached the mandatory retirement age.^[1]

It was announced by Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that the government will find a replacement for Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan shortly.^{[4] [5][6][7]}

Finally, on 13 September 2010 Musa resigned as Inspector-General of Police after serving for more than 3 years. He was then given his post to his deputy, Tan Sri Ismail Omar.^[8]

Family

Musa Hassan is the eldest son of Hassan Azhari, a Koran teacher and famous Qiraati in Malaysia. He received his education in Kuala Lumpur, and has two younger brothers: Dato' Fuad Hassan, a politician, and Dato' Jalaluddin Hassan, an actor.^[9] He was an old boy of Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "IGP's Service Extended Because Of His Credibility, Says PM". Bernama. 2007-09-10. http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=284253. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
2. ^ "Musa Hassan is new IGP". Malaysiakini. 2006-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:q2G5mYfSjW8J:www.malaysiakini.com/news/56455+%22musa+hassan%22&hl=zh-TW&ct=clnk&cd=3. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
3. ^ "AG Orders Corruption Investigation Against IGP Closed". Bernama. 2007-07-27. http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news.php?id=275920&vo=120. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
4. ^ "Transition in police leadership". TheStar Online. 2010-03-16. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/16/parliament/5868241&sec=parliament. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
5. ^ "I know who will replace Musa: Hishammuddin". Bernama. 2010-03-15. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100315201035/Article/index_html. Retrieved 2010-03-16. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Hishammuddin confirms IGP will be replaced". Sun2Surf. 2010-03-15. http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=44365. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
7. ^ "The IGP’s Ides of March — The Malaysian Insider". Malaysian Insider. 2010-03-15. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/56317-the-igps-ides-of-march-the-malaysian-insider-. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
8. ^ "Country's Top Cop Bids Farewell After 41 Years". Bernama. 2010-09-12. http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=527552. Retrieved 2010-03-13. 
9. ^ "Ustaz Hassan & his golden boys". New Straits Times. 2007-01-21. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-133766009.html. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 

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