Abdul Rahman Hashim Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri
Abdul Rahman Hashim
Honorific Suffix:	PMN DPMK JMN SMK AMN BBU (Indonesia) GCCT (Thailand) CPM
Native Name:	Malay: {{Script|Arab|عبدالرحمن هاشم
Office:	Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)
Order:	3rd
Primeminister:	Abdul Razak Hussein
Term Start:	1 February 1973
Term End:	7 June 1974
Predecessor:	Mohamed Salleh Ismael
Successor:	Mohammed Hanif Omar
Office1:	Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)
Term Start1:	31 January 1972
Term End1:	1 February 1973
Monarch1:	Abdul Halim
Primeminister1:	Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister1:	Ismail Abdul Rahman
1Blankname1:	Inspector-General
1Namedata1:	Mohamed Salleh Ismael
Predecessor1:	Mohamed Salleh Ismael
Successor1:	Mohammed Hanif Omar
Birth Date:	1923 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Yan, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Death Place:	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Death Cause:	Assassination
Resting Place:	Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur
Spouse:	Halimah Mohamed Isa
Children:	7

Tan Sri Abdul Rahman bin Hashim (Malay: عبد الرحمن بن هاشم|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset; 7 July 1923 – 7 June 1974) was a Malaysian police officer who served as the third Inspector-General of Police from February 1973 until his assassination.^[1] He served as the Deputy Inspector-General of Police from January 1972 to February 1973.^[2]

Police career

• Chief Sub Inspector - 17 October 1941
• Probationary Inspector - 1 April 1946
• Baling District Police Chief - January 1948
• Criminal Investigating Officer in Kajang (Insp.) - May 1949
• Kulai District Police Chief, Johor - January 1952
• 3 month Criminal Investigation Department course at Mill Mecee Stafford, United Kingdom. Returned and worked at the Kuala Lumpur Special Branch - 21 April 1953
• Head Coach at the Special Branch Training School - 16 March 1954
• Course at Rynston on Dunsmore or Bramshill Police College, United Kingdom - 22 September 1957
• Head of Penang Special Branch - 1960
• Deputy Director of Special Branch - 1963
• Director of Special Branch - 1971
• Deputy Inspector General of Police - 31 January 1972
• Inspector General of Police on 1 February 1973 until the date of his death on 7 June 1974

Death

On 7 June 1974, he was fatally shot by communist subversives in Kuala Lumpur. Wild rumours associated the shooting with a succeeding IGP but the matter was not proven and remains unknown.^[3]

Honours

• :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1961)^[4]
• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1968)^[5]
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1974)^[6]
• :
  • Companion of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (SMK)^[7]
  • Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (DPMK) – Dato'

Commonwealth Honours

• United Kingdom :
  • Recipient of the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) (1957)

Foreign Honours

• :
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (GCCT) (1974-posthumously)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tan Sri Abdul Rahman bin Hashim. www.rmp.gov.my.
2. Web site: Sejarah Kes Pembunuhan Ketua Polis Negara Ke-3: Tan Sri Abdul Rahman. 18 April 2020. 14 July 2022. Iluminasi. ms.
3. Book: Weichong. Ong. Malaysia's Defeat of Armed Communism: The Second Emergency, 1968-1989. 3 October 2014. Routledge. 9781317626886. 25 April 2017. en.
4. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1961.
5. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1968.
6. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1974.
7. Mohd. Reduan Hj. Aslie and Mohd. Radzuan Hj. Ibrahim, Polis Diraja Malaysia: Sejarah, Peranan dan Cabaran, Kumpulan Karangkraf, Kuala Lumpur, 1984, pp. 517–518.
8. News: Thai King's award to late IGP. The Straits Times. 11 June 1974. 7.