Tan Sri Acryl Sani bin Haji Abdullah Sani (Jawi: اقر الثاني عبدﷲ ثاني; born 3 October 1961) is a Malaysian retired police officer who served as the 13th Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from May 2021 to his retirement in June 2023[1][2] and the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) from August 2020 to his promotion to the IGP in May 2021.
Acryl Sani joined the police force on 2 February 1986 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent.
[4] Minister of Home Affairs Hamzah Zainudin announced on 30 April 2021 that Acryl Sani will replace the retiring Abdul Hamid Bador as the 13th and new IGP with effect on 4 May 2021 after the contract of Abdul Hamid ends on 3 May 2021 and presented him with the appointment document.
On 6 May 2021, Acryl Sani held a press conference at Bukit Aman to announce the identifications of the candidates of his deputy, the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police and claimed that he would discuss list of candidates and appointments of several Bukit Aman department directors to replace the incumbent directors who are scheduled to retire between May and September 2021 with Hamzah and Secretary-General of the Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) before shortlisted names are referred to the Police Force Commission (SPP).
The announcement of the appointments of new Deputy IGP and several Bukit Aman department director will be made after Hari Raya.