Sunday, 20 Sep 2020 07:16 PM MYT
KUCHING, Sept 20 — The late Awang Raweng had brought great honour to the state and country by being the only Malaysian to be awarded the George Cross Medal, the British highest civil award for bravery, Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing said today. “If he was a listed soldier in the British armed forces, he would have been awarded a Victoria Cross medal but he was only a jungle tracker,” he said when met at the Civic Centre here where the remains of Awang laid laid in state to allow the public to pay their respects.
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