The Home Minister's boy Published Modified12:44 am Key Highlights MCO 3.0 for parts of Selangor AstraZeneca roll out begins The Home Minister’s boy Former inspector-general of police Abdul Hamid Bador has shed light on Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin’s purported attempt to appoint his “boy” to a key position in the police force. Hamid said Hamzah wanted to replace Special Branch chief Mohamed Farid Abu Hassan with his own man after the police intelligence unit refused to conduct political operations for him. Hamzah was purportedly enraged when the Special Branch reported him to the prime minister. Farid was asked to resign but was allowed to keep his job after the prime minister intervened.