Khandaker Al Moin

Allegiance

Branch

Service years2000 - present

Khandaker Al Moin
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Navy
Service years	2000 - present
Rank	Commander
Conflicts	UNAMID

Police career
Unit	Rapid Action Battalion^[1]
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Police
Service years	2007 – 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]

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] He 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

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

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