The UTK performs as a high-level national tactical unit, providing 24-hour close protection to high ranking government executives, as well as their partners.

[6] UTK had also worked alongside the Grup Gerak Khas (Malaysian Army's special forces unit) to manage security during the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

National Security Council Directive No.19/1991, Paragraph 13) and Perintah Tetap Ketua Polis Negara 132/1991, Perenggan 3 (HTKPN 132/1991, Para 3) (transl.

The group may also be used to secure locations, neutralize targets, track down fugitives, escorting and protecting leaders and VIPs, and occasionally conduct sniper operations.

UTK operators wear blueish shades (bordeaux colour) of maroon beret as it is worn by the British SAS during the time period.

Previously separate entities, both the VAT 69 and the UTK were merged into the PGK Command on 20 October 1997, launched by the fifth Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Rahim Noor.

Based at the Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, the UTK is under the direct command of RMP's Internal Security and Public Order Department (Malay: Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam).

Prospective trainees are expected to exceed the minimum requirements of the physical screening test (PST), which requires that trainees must be able to: Candidates need to pass 14-day UTK selection process in Kuala Lumpur before the real course in Ulu Kinta, Perak and Maktab Teknik PDRM (MTPDRM; 'RMP Technical College'), Bakri, Muar, Johor.

[22] To accomplish its varied mission profiles, the UTK ensures that its members are well trained in the required aspects of special operations.

The teams of SOCPAC were to conduct joint exercise with the PGK, under the code-name Advance Vector Balance Mint for a duration of 2 weeks.

PGK also employs RHIB assault boats, jet-skis and Marine Subskimmer (DPV) in maritime missions and amphibious insertions.

[27] In 2017, the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Najib Razak, announced the UTK Headquarters would relocate from Bukit Aman to Semenyih, Selangor.

Early 1975 first task UTK is an hunt most wanted criminal Botak Chin in March 1975 three operative UTK gunfight with Botak henchmen in Sentul and two henchmen dead shot In 1976 until 1977 UTK team conduct operation kill and arrest sub leader Communist Party Malaya (CPM) underground who active at Malacca and Johor, result a leader underground dead shot and arrest a few follower In February 2008, a major leader of the Singaporean Jemaah Islamiah (JI), Mas Selamat escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Center, a strict detention center in Singapore.

A few months later, intelligence leads point out his location in a village house in Kampung Tawakal, Skudai, 40 km from the city of Johor Bahru.

On 1 April 2009 at 6 a.m., a UTK team were deployed to assist members of the Malaysian Special Branch in apprehending Mas Selamat.

[30] Police had also seized a number of JI's documents and plans after sending the PDRM's Bomb Disposal Unit to secure the area of explosive threats.

In October 2006, an officer and two members of the UTK was arrested on suspicion of conspiring with Abdul Razak Baginda in the murder of a woman from Mongolia.

•Dato' Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri: Former Perak Police Chief currently appoint as Director of Traffic Investgiaton Enforcement Department.

•Dato' Sri Sharifuddin Ab Ghani: Retired Pahang Police Chief •ACP Hisham Mahmood PGB: Deputy of Commander (Operation) of UTK, he received Pingat Gagah Berani in 2014 following bravery act during 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis •Ahmad Jamaludin "AJ": Veteran UTK serve with the unit from 1994 until late 2008.

•Zakaria Sabtu "General": Pioneer UTK 1975 and he was involved in a few operation including hunt Raja Laut 1978 in Taiping, Perak with Heckler & Koch G3 DMR.