Former Perhilitan top man gets recognition


Animal lover: Former Wildlife and National Parks Department director-general Mohd Khan Momin Khan is the recipient of the 2014 Merdeka Award (Environment category) for his lifetime of work in wildlife conservation. – AZMAN GHANI/The Star

Wildlife protector receives award for his captive breeding efforts and arrest of poachers.

Mohd Khan Momin Khan retired from his wildlife job 22 years ago, yet he rattles off figures of animal species or forest cover effortlessly, as if he had just stopped working yesterday.

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