Khandaker Al Moin

Khandaker Al Moin
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Navy
Years of service2000 - present
Rank Commander
Battles / warsUNAMID
Police career
UnitRapid Action Battalion[1]
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch Bangladesh Police
Service years2007 – 2024
Rank Director
Awards BPM (bar)
BPM (bsa)

Khandaker Al Moin is a Bangladesh Navy Commander and former Legal and Media Wing Director of the Rapid Action Battalion.[2] He had defended Rapid Action Battalion after it was sanctioned by the United States for human rights violations.[3]

Career

Moin was commissioned in the 45th batch of Bangladesh Navy.[4]

From 2007 to 2010, Moin had served as the deputy director of the Intelligence Branch of Rapid Action Battalion headquarters.[4] He was awarded the Bangladesh Police Medal for arresting the suspects in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case.[4]

Moin had served in the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur.[4]

In December 2019, Moin was sent to Rapid Action Battalion on deputation from Bangladesh Navy.[4] He was appointed Director of Communications and MIS Wing of Rapid Action Battalion.[4] He introduced Onsite Identification and Verification System to identify suspects detained on location.[5]

In March 2021, Moin was appointed director of the Legal and Media Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion replacing Lieutenant colonel Ashiq Billah.[4] He had defended the human rights record of Rapid Action Battalion, which has been sanctioned by the United States for human rights violations.[6][7] vHe said "Very few forces in the world show humanity like RAB,".[8] In January 2022, he was awarded the Bangladesh Police Medal again.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Commander S M Abul Kalam Azad Director of Legal and Media told drug peddler dies in cutody". The Daily Star. 25 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Old militants are reorganizing to destabilize the country: RAB | News Flash". BSS. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ "US sanction: Rab says it doesn't violate human rights, rather protects". The Daily Star. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Khandaker Al Moin takes charge as director of Rab's Legal and Media Wing". The Business Standard. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  5. ^ "অপরাধী শনাক্তে র‍্যাবের প্রযুক্তি ওআইভিএস যেভাবে কাজ করবে". BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ^ "'RAB doesn't abuse human rights, rather protects it'". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ^ Samad, Harris (16 December 2021). "US sanctions on Bangladesh's RAB: What happened? What's next?". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. ^ "'Very few forces in the world show humanity like RAB'". Prothomalo. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Khandaker Al Moin wins BPM award for outstanding performance". The Asian Age. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  10. ^ [email protected], Md Ariful Islam; প্রতিনিধি, নিজস্ব (22 January 2022). "বিপিএম সম্মাননা পাচ্ছেন র‍্যাবের মিডিয়া পরিচালক কমান্ডার খন্দকার আল-মঈন". মেঘনা নিউজ. Retrieved 29 September 2023.