PETALING JAYA: Former top cop Tan Sri JJ Raj passed away early Saturday morning at the age of 100.
The height of Raj's career was being appointed Bukit Aman Management Department director in 1974. He retired in 1976. Raj was born on July 27, 1921, in Chemor, Perak. He received his early education at St. Michael’s Institution in Ipoh, Perak. He rose through the ranks in the police force serving as OCPD of Pagoh , OCPD of Tangkak , OCPD of Kuala Kangsar , OCPD of Kulim , OCPD of Segamat , OCPD of Kuala Lumpur [then a district in Selangor] and deputy police chief of Negri Sembilan .
Raj served during some of the most tumultuous years in our nation's history and was the OCPD of Pagoh during the Bukit Kepong Incident on February 23, 1950.
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