Leong Chee Woh

Leong Chee Woh was born on 11 November 1929 in Taiping, Perak by an adopted family of Baba and Nyonya descent. There, he furthered his studies at the King Edward VII School before his studies were interrupted by the Japanese occupation of Malaya. After Japan surrendered, he sat for the Senior Cambridge Examination or also known as the Overseas Schooling Certificate Examination in 1949. Leong initially worked as a Taiping Town Council clerk after the Japanese Occupation, before serving as a chief clerk at the Selama police district headquarters.

Leong joined the Police force on 1 December 1950 as Probationary Inspector and undergoing basic training at Police Training Center at Jalan Gurney, Kuala Lumpur. After complete his training he went Jungle Squad (now known as General Operations Force) for training. He was the mastermind of F team, the most elite undercover task force in Special Branch.

Leong retired on 10 November 1984 and he last position at Police Force was Deputy Director (Operations) of Bukit Aman Special Branch.

At 18 July 2021, Leong was passed away due stroke in his residence at Seri Kembangan, Selangor.[1][2]

•  Malaya :
  • Reception of the Mention In Despatches (K.P.K.) (1959)[3]
•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (1966)[4]
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.) (1975)[5]
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (J.M.N.) (1981)[6]
  • Medalist of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (P.P.N.) (1984)[7]
  • Reception of the Star of the Commander of Valour (P.G.B.) (2017)[8]
•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (P.M.W.) - Datuk (2010)[9]

Leong, Chee Woh (2015). Scorpio: Against the One-eyed Dragon. ISBN 978-0-9961501-1-8.