THE PERSON WHO IN-CHARGE OF THE CASE

Name: Mohd Zaman Khan Rahim Khan

Date of birth: 18 Jun 1938

Spouses: Rosnah Ahmad

He was, arguably, one of the most recognisable faces of the 80s. During his long tenure in the police force, especially, Tan Sri Zaman Khan Rahim Khan was at the centre of many a high-profile case, ranging from the wickedly interesting manhunts for hardcore criminals Botak Chin and Bentong Kali to that poignant moment at Highland Towers as he held on to a baby dug out from the rubble on that fateful day that shook the nation and of course he also handle the Mona Fandey case. He was a colourful character, and known for being tenacious.

List of famous cases handled:

- AIA Tower captivity by the Japanese Red Army in 1975

- The arrest of the head of the pirates, Wong Swee Chin, better known as Botak Chin eventually die at the gallows of Pudu Prison (1976)

- Robbery at Bank of Tokyo involving gang M-16 (1985)

- Doctors and laboratory technicians were taken hostage by prisoners at Pudu Prison (1986)

- Brutal killer, robbers and drug traffickers most wanted, Kalimuthu Pakirisamy or Bentong Kali, was shot dead in Medan Damansara (1993)

- The murder of Batu Talam state assemblyman, Pahang, Datuk Mohd Mazlan Idris by Mona Fandey shaman, her husband, Mohd Affandi Abdul Rahman and assistant, juraimi Husin (1993)

- While still holding the post of Director of CID, name Zaman Khan led a mission of investigation ruins of the Highland Tower tragedy in Taman Hillview, Hulu Klang on 11 December 1993 when he was among the earliest senior police officer arrived at the scene.