Colombo (News 1st): Police Special Task Force Commandant Senior DIG M.R Latiff received the 5th-degree black belt in Taekwondo. The title was presented to DIG Latiff yesterday (March 25) at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

DIG Latiff received this title as an honorary title from the Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters in South Korea. DIG Latiff took up Taekwondo as a sport in 1989.

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