Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen awarded one of Japan's highest honours


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 07 Feb 2018

A file picture of Tengku Ahmad.

PETALING JAYA: Former foreign minister Tan Sri Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail has been honoured with one of Japan's top decorations for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of diplomatic and economic relations between Japan and Malaysia.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Japanese Embassy in Malaysia shared the news that the Emperor of Japan has conferred the prestigious Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun upon Tengku Ahmad.

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