Our fish head curry group that consists of former senior police officers and security practitioners have lost a very iconic member today. Tan Sri Datuk Mohd Zaman Khan bin Rahim Khan (4th from right), former Director of Criminal Investigation of the Royal Malaysian Police, and former Director-General of the Prisons Department has left us peacefully all at 10.15am.
The country has lost an iconic hero who was always on the literal front line as a crime buster. When he was the Kuala Lumpur traffic chief (1972-74), instead of directing and controlling traffic at a crime scene, he was the one who raided the criminals before the actual raiding party arrived. Soon after, he was made the Officer-in-Charge of Criminal Investigations (OCCI) of Selangor.
Tan Sri Zaman Khan loved his fish head curry, and we’d always gather on a quarterly basis at the Restoran ZK in Kampung Attap. We even said that ZK stands for Zaman Khan. This photo was taken last year in August when we could still dine-in in groups, and was the last time we gathered with him. We were just planning to have another gathering as soon as he’d be discharged from IJN.
When he was hospitalised at the Nephrology Ward HKL, my wife and I spent a couple of hours with him. We spoke about those days back in the 1970s and 1980s, but he literally lit up when talking about food. He was always a foodie.
He was a very close family friend. I knew him since I was 9. We used to go on holiday trips together. My father has lost a brother, while I have lost a father figure. We’d always talk about him visiting the kebun again soon, since he used to join us back in the mid 1970s.
Our condolences to his widow Aunty Rosnah and children Anna, Kimi, Lily, Abe and Aya, sons and daughters-in law, and grandchildren whom he loved so much. May Allah SWT continuously shower his soul with His blessings and love and place him amongst the righteous. This is a very sad day for me indeed.
Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un.
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