Voon Ken Hong

Voon Ken Hong, , (born 24 April 1957, in Kuala Kangsar, Perak) is a retired Malaysian intelligence police officer and secret agent who was involved in Operation Taloong, part of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) in Malaysia.

Early life Voon Ken Hong was born on 24 April 1957 in Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

Police career Voon joined the police force after completing his secondary education on 12 May 1979. He began training as probationary inspector at Police Training Centre, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur. He was promoted to Inspector on 1 August 1986. He was promoted to Chief inspector on 1 April 1992.

The first unit he served after finishing police training was the police field force, now known as the General Operations Force. He then transferred to the Special Branch in 1982. In 1988, he was selected to join the most elite undercover police unit at that time, the F Team, Special Branch.

Operation Taloong Voon was serving as an inspector at the Bukit Aman Special Branch when he was assigned the roles of leader and strategist of Operation Taloong. It commenced on 12 March 1988 at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur. The mission was to capture the leader of the 6th Assault Unit of Malayan Communist Party, Chong Chor, and his bodyguard, Yong Nam. On the day of the operation, Hong led his two partners, Detective Constable Ku Shariman Ku Hashim and Detective Constable Ahmad Tajuddin Ishak, in a two-hour covert pursuit of Chong Chor's car before it was raided. At the age of 40, Voon Ken Hong retired from the service with the rank of chief inspector in 1997. His last law enforcement position was as an investigation officer at a police district headquarters located in Perak.

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