In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Hashim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Rahman. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Tan SriAbdul Rahman bin Hashim (Jawi: عبد الرحمن بن هاشم; 7 July 1923 – 7 June 1974) was a Malaysianpolice officer who served as the third Inspector-General of Police from February 1973 to his assassination in June 1974.[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]
^ abMohd. Reduan Hj. Aslie and Mohd. Radzuan Hj. Ibrahim, Polis Diraja Malaysia: Sejarah, Peranan dan Cabaran, Kumpulan Karangkraf, Kuala Lumpur, 1984, pp. 517–518.