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Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay
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| أيوب خان مايدين ڤيتچاي | |
| 29th Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia) | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Inspector-General | Razarudin Husain |
| Preceded by | Razarudin Husain |
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| Born | (1966-07-27) 27 July 1966 (age 57) Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Spouse | Zalena Ariffin |
| Alma mater | National University of Malaysia (Master's degree of Information Technology) |
| Occupation | Police officer |
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Dato' Sri Ayob Khan bin Mydin Pitchay (Jawi: أيوب خان مايدين ڤيتچاي ; born: 27 July 1966) is a Malaysian police officer who has served as the 29th Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) since June 2023.[1]
Ayob Khan joined the police force in 1993 at the age of 27. He served as Director of the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department (CID), [2] Director of the Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID),[3][4] Johor Police Chief[5][6] and Head of the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) prior to his promotion to the DIG.
As Head of the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) from 2013 to 2019, Ayob Khan led the operations against many terrorist and militant groups which were active ranging from the Islamic State (ISIS) to Abu Sayyaf. He led the operations to success by arresting recruits, middle men of the groups and prevented their plotted attacks in Malaysia.
On 20 June 2023, Minister of Home Affairs Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah to present the names of candidates for the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and DIG positions. It was reported that Ayob Khan, Director of the Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department Hazani Ghazali, Director of the Bukit Aman NCID Mohd Kamaruddin Md Din and an unknown were the candidates for the DIG position. The next day on 21 June 2023, Saifuddin announced that Ayob Khan was promoted to the DIG position to replace Razarudin Husain who was promoted to the IGP position with effect on 23 June 2023 after Abdullah consented to their appointments.[7][8]
Malaysia :
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2013)[9]
Royal Malaysia Police :
Kedah :
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SDK) (2010)[12]
Pahang :
Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2010)[13]
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2023)[14]
Johor :
Knight of the Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor (DMIJ) – Dato' (2021)[15]
Malacca :
Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2022)[16]
Perak :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (SPTS) – Dato' Seri Panglima (2023)[17]  | This Malaysian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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