KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has bestowed the Darjah Johan Mangku Negara (JMN) award upon former Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac) secretary-general Datuk Saraya Arbi.
She headed the list of 302 recipients of the Federal awards, medals, and honours at the investiture ceremony at Istana Negara today.
Other recipients of the JMN award included the head of Dewan Muslimat PAS Nuridah Mohd Salleh, Fisheries Department director-general Datuk Ahmad Tarmidzi Ramly, former Malaysian Rubber Board deputy director-general (Research and Innovation) Amir Hashim Md Yatim, and former Public Work Department senior director (Civil and Structural Engineering Branch) Lim Char Ching.
His Majesty also conferred the Darjah Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM) award to 14 recipients, including former Kemaman MP Che Alias Hamid, and the Darjah Johan Setia Diraja (JSD) award to Brig Gen Baharudin Abu Hassan of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Forty-one individuals received the Kesatria Mangku Negara (KMN) award, with other awards including the Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) (74 recipients), the Pingat Pangkuan Negara (PPN) (150 recipients), and the Pingat Bentara Setia Diraja (BSD) (17 recipients).
In attendance at the investiture ceremony was Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) electrical machine operator Mohd Suffian Juraimi, 37, is one of the PPN medal recipients.
Suffian, who has been with Bernama since 2009, also expressed gratitude for being awarded the medal, describing it as a morale booster for him to do better.
“I will be celebrating my birthday this Saturday (December 30), so this is a very meaningful birthday present for me. I hope my colleagues in Bernama will have the same opportunity in the future,” he said.
— Bernama
