Tun Mohammed Hanif bin Omar (Jawi: محمد حنيف بن عمر; 16 January 1939 – 20 April 2024) was a Malaysian police officer who served as the 4th Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police from June 1974 to January 1994.
[2][3][4] He was buried at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.
He also was in command of rescue operations in the 1975 AIA building hostage crisis in August 1975.
This was to ensure that all young policemen would be able to tackle any emergency situation once they were equipped with jungle training.
[7] Hanif also directed all state police chiefs to review security, particularly fire prevention measures in all highrise building throughout nationwide on 28 November 1992.