KUALA LUMPUR: Before the Special Task Force on Organised Crime and the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group came to be, all efforts to fight organised crime fell on the shoulders of the Criminal Investigation Department’s Serious Crime unit. The division, known as D9, was formed in 1970 following an increase in Chinese secret society activities. Armed with obsolete firearms, such as Sterling 9mm submachine guns, Colt M1911 semi-automatic pistols and .38 revolvers, the men of D9 fought in high-risk operations against organised crime groups. In 1992, the D9 unit arrested the leader of Geng Komando and its members in a raid following an attack on several policemen. Five years later, D9 and Stafoc members solved the kidnapping and murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais.

Source: New Strait Times March 31, 2018 02:03 UTC