UPDATED! IGP: Former Special Branch deputy requested leave to rest, not ordered - MalayMailOnline
LATEST: Dear media friends, former SB dep director Datuk Hamid will give a pc later today. Venue and time to be confirmed. Pc would be on 1MDB and expose of other misconducts in the administration. Stay tuned for updates. - (WhatsApp message)
Earlier Malay Mail report below -
Senior Special Branch officer gets sudden transfer to PM’s Dept, told to go on long leave
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
A special ceremony was conducted behind closed doors in Bukit Aman earlier today, which saw Abdul Hamid passing on the baton as deputy director of the police intelligence agency to an assistant, Datuk Mohd Haniff Hanudin. — Picture by Yap Tzu Ging
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — In another abrupt change within government agencies, Datuk Abdul Hamid Bador was today transferred out of the Special Branch (SB) and into the Prime Minister’s Department where he will head a new security division reporting directly to Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
A special ceremony was conducted behind closed doors in Bukit Aman earlier today, which saw Abdul Hamid passing on the baton as deputy director of the police intelligence agency to an assistant, Datuk Mohd Haniff Hanudin who was heading a unit called E4 that deals with the political extremist threat.
Abdul Hamid confirmed the transfer when contacted, but said he was in the dark on the reasons for his abrupt work shift.
“No… they just told me to go to JPM, so I go to JPM lah,” he told Malay Mail Onlinewhen contacted, using the Malay abbreviation for the Prime Minister’s Department.
“No reason given and I just received the letter yesterday… earlier today, there was a ceremony to hand over my duty.”
He added that he would take up his new duties at the Prime Minister’s Department on September 2, as he was currently on leave from work.
Malay Mail Online understands Abdul Hamid was ordered to go on “long leave” before assuming new duties as the head of a new security and transnational crime division under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.
Contacted today, Bukit Aman confirmed Abdul Hamid’s transfer and that the latter is on leave but denied knowledge on his next posting.
Abdul Hamid’s promotion is the latest change to take place within the SB following last month’s shock Cabinet reshuffle, which saw Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun replacing Datuk Seri Akhil Bulat as SB director. - MalayMailOnline
There has been some desperate attempts to sabotage the Special Branch Deputy Director's intended Press Conference (as notified via the WhatsApp message above) by individuals known to be Najib Razak's 'operators' and their lackeys in the media circle. As desperate situations demand desperate measures the identity of the said individuals could be exposed if the situation warrants.
Below is the fake message being spread by the said individuals. Its FAKE.
THIS MESSAGE IS A FAKE! - "Dear media friends, Dato' Abdul Hamid Bador, former Deputy Director of Special Branch will hold a press conference on 21st Aug at Bukit Aman after Friday prayers to explain Tun Mahathir involvements in the doctoring and fabrication of 1MDB documents to attack and topple the Prime Minister. After that Dato Hamid will lodge a police report with all evidences for Tun Mahathir to be charged under Section 124 Panel Code along with Claire Brown".
The original message (also unverified) is as at the top of this page.
P.S. Please be on the lookout for more desperate attempts by the traitors. Verify all messages and provocative propaganda.