Norian Mai

Norian Mai (born 5 November 1946) was the sixth inspector-general of police of Malaysia and served from 8 January 1999 until his retirement on 4 November 2003.

Education Norian attended Government English School in Teluk Intan in 1959 and Sultan Alam Shah School in Kuala Lumpur in 1964. He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

Career

Norian joined the Royal Malaysia Police as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent on 8 November 1969. He served various positions including Officer-in-Charge of Police District (OCPD) of Jasin and OCPD of Petaling Jaya.

On 31 December 1984, he was appointed Terengganu Police Chief. On 31 December 1992, he was appointed Selangor Police Chief. On 1 April 1994, he transferred to Bukit Aman to become Director of Special Branch. Norian Mai became the Deputy Inspector-General of Police on 6 May 1997 who replaced Samsuri Arshad.

Inspector-General of Police On 8 January 1999, Norian became the Inspector-General of Police when his predecessor Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor resigned over the beating of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Bukit Aman police lock-up.

Post-career Norian founded Yayasan Pengaman Malaysia in 2011 and became its Founding Chairman. He has been Chairman of Perdana Global Peace Foundation as well.

In 2019, Norian sat in the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Wang Kelian along with seven other members as deputy to Chairman Arifin Zakaria.

On 9 February 2021, he was appointed to the Emergency Independent Special Committee along with 18 other members to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on matters related to the ending of the Proclamation of Emergency in the country.

Honours

Royal Malaysia Police

Foreign honours

Family Norian is married to Rokiah Ismail and has four children.