KUCHING: Datuk Fisol Salleh is now officially the Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP) effective from today.
He takes over from acting DCP SAC Mohd Hairuddin Che Hamid, who is Sarawak Special Branch chief.
ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali is now the acting Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief, replacing outgoing CID chief SAC Denis Leong Soon Kuai.
The handover ceremonies for both posts were witnessed by Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail at the Senior Police Officers’ Mess of the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters.
Aidi, in his speech, congratulated both new appointees.
“I would like to thank SAC Denis for his service as the State CID chief for two years, six months and three days. He was very committed to his job and showed great leadership in combating illegal gambling activities as well as reducing the crime rate in Sarawak in 2018.
“For that, I like to congratulate him on his new position as the Narcotic Deputy Director (Enforcement/General Policing) in Bukit Aman NCID and wish him all the best,” he said.
Fisol, in his speech, said that the DCP post was a new and tough challenge for him.
“I hope everyone in the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) will give me their cooperation.
“The contingent’s vision and mission are the same as other contingents, which is to make our policing services world class. Hence, to make it a reality, we need to have the commitment and cooperation from everyone in this contingent,” he added.
Leong said he would always remember May 14, 2018 as the day he took over as the Sarawak CID chief.
He thanked Sarawakians who had constantly supplied information on crime activities to the police.
He also wished the incoming CID chief all the best and thanked his subordinates for their cooperation and support.
Later, at a press conference after the handover ceremony, Leong shared that from Jan 1 to Nov 9, Sarawak CID conducted 2,208 successful gambling raids which resulted in 3,180 arrests.
“There were 1,624 online gambling raids — 25 raids on call centres, 459 illegal lottery raids, 26 raids on gambling in buildings, 73 raids on gambling in public places and one raid under the Betting Act,” he said.
