The recipients: (Clockwise from top) Shamsul Azri, Ahmad Terrirudin, Harmindar, Abdul Razak, Mohd Nasir and Comm Kumar.
KUALA LUMPUR: Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar, heads the list of 116 recipients for this year’s federal awards, medals and honours conferred in conjunction with His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia’s official birthday.
Shamsul Azri was conferred the Darjah Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN), which carries the title “Tan Sri”.
Also conferred the PMN were Armed Forces Chief General Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
Six individuals were conferred the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM), which also carries the title “Tan Sri”. They included Attorney-General Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh, Public Service director-general Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz and Federal Court judge Tan Sri Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal.
The other PSM recipients are CIMB Group Holdings Berhad chairman Tan Sri Mohd Nasir Ahmad, Tenaga Nasional Berhad chairman Tan Sri Abdul Razak Abdul Majid and Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Tan Sri Hamidin Mohd Amin.
Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, Home Ministry secretary- general Datuk Awang Alik Jeman and Higher Education Department director- general Datuk Prof Dr Azlinda Azman were among the recipients of the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) which carries the title “Datuk”.
Also conferred the PJN were acting Royal Malaysian Navy chief vice-admiral Datuk Zulhelmy Ithnain and Johor police chief Datuk M. Kumar.
An army aide-de-camp to the king, Brigadier-General Datuk Mohd Shawal Arbanyin, was conferred the Darjah Panglima Setia Diraja (PSD) while the Darjah Johan Mangku Negara was conferred to three individuals including Malaysia Productivity Corporation director-general Zahid Ismail.
Home Ministry deputy secretary-general (bilateral relations) Datuk Ahmad Rozian Abd Ghani was among the four recipients of the Darjah Johan Setia Diraja.
Twelve individuals received the Bintang Kesatria Mangku Negara (KMN) including Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) strategic planning head Harlina Samson.
Two individuals were awarded the Bintang Kesatria Setia Diraja (KSD).
National lawn bowl athletes Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi and Aleena Ahmad Nawawi were among the 24 recipients of the Bintang Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN), while 38 individuals were awarded the Pingat Pangkuan Negara (PPN) and nine others, the Pingat Bentara Setia Diraja (BSD).The soldier who saved two people who fell from the Penang bridge in January, Sergeant Mazlan Abdul Rahman, was the sole recipient of the Bintang Jasa Perkasa Persekutuan (JPP).
Bernama reported that only 116 individuals out of 2,335 nominees were conferred with the federal awards, medals and honours this year.
Grand Chamberlain of Istana Negara Datuk Azuan Effendy Zairakithnaini said the number represents an 86% decrease from the 839 recipients at the same ceremony last year.
He explained that each nominee underwent meticulous evaluation as decreed by His Majesty, with multiple levels of scree-ning process coordinated by the Ceremonial and International Conference Secretariat Division of the Prime Minister’s Department.
“The evaluation was carried out meticulously, up to the final stage where His Majesty personally reviewed each nominee before granting approval,” he said.
Therefore, Azuan Effendy said that only one investiture ceremony, held at Istana Negara yesterday, would be officiated by the King at the federal level this year.
