PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) deputy Director-General (Operations) Maritime Vice-Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som has been appointed as the new Director-General of the MMEA, effective Aug 19.
The appointment as the fifth MMEA DG also saw him promoted to the rank of Maritime Admiral.
The promotion and appointment ceremony was officiated by Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin here today, which was also attended by the ministry’s Secretary-General Datuk Seri Alwi Ibrahim.
Mohd Zubil, 56, who started his service with the agency in 2006 was appointed to replace Maritime Admiral Datuk Seri Zulkifili Abu Bakar, who retired on Aug 5.
Throughout his career, Mohd Zubil occupied various positions in operations, logistics and management sectors before his last post as the Deputy Director-General (Operations) which he held since October of last year.
He also served as Sabah and Labuan Regional Director from March 2016 to October 2018 and was directly involved in planning and managing the operations and placement of Malaysian Maritime assets in the ESSzone area to safeguard the security of East Sabah waters.
He was also the Operations Commander for Ops Naga which is a special operation to curb Vietnamese fishing boats from encroaching into the Malaysian waters. - Bernama
