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SINGAPORE \u2013 The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will have a new director on July 20.<\/p>\n
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Julius Lim Wei-Yang will take over from Deputy Commissioner of Police Zhang Weihan, who will continue to serve as Deputy Commissioner (Investigation and Intelligence).<\/p>\n
Lim joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 2004 and previously served as commander of the Bedok Police Division, the police said in a statement on July 13.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old also held key positions in the public service, including principal private secretary to the president and director at the Strategy Group of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these appointments, SAC Lim contributed to strengthening Singapore\u2019s security and public safety capabilities, including through policy development and inter-agency coordination, and to advancing whole-of-government efforts on Singapore\u2019s longer-term strategic priorities,\u201d the police said.<\/p>\n
Lim said he was honoured to be entrusted with the leadership of CID.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to serving alongside the men and women of CID, building on their strong foundations, sharpening our investigative edge, and ensuring that the trust Singaporeans place in us is earned every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Zhang, 43, joined the police in 2001 and was appointed director of the CID in May 2024.<\/p>\n
He previously served as director of the Police Intelligence Department, deputy director of CID and commander of the Ang Mo Kio Police Division.<\/p>\n
As director of CID, he led major operations to cripple transnational criminal syndicates and confiscate their criminal proceeds, the police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder his leadership, CID strengthened its investigative and intelligence capabilities through technology adoption, capability development, and enhanced collaboration with local and foreign law enforcement partners,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
Zhang also oversaw the establishment of the Cyber Command, the first specialist line unit in the police force dedicated to fighting criminal threats in the online space<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been my privilege to lead the dedicated officers of CID, whose professionalism, courage and sense of mission embody the finest traditions of the Singapore Police Force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, we have strengthened our capabilities and partnerships to meet increasingly sophisticated and transnational criminal threats.<\/p>\n \u201cI am confident that CID will remain at the cutting edge of crime-fighting and continue to keep Singapore safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will have a new director on July 20. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Julius Lim Wei-Yang will take…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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