KUALA LUMPUR – Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar topped the list of recipients of the 2025 federal awards, medals and honours in conjunction with the official birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim held at Istana Negara today.
His Majesty bestowed the Darjah Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) award upon Mohd Dusuki, 58. The award carries the “Tan Sri” title.
Also conferred the PMN was Defence Force chief General Tan Sri Mohd Nizam Jaffar.
Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota, which also carries the Tan Sri title, was conferred upon Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Navy commander Tan Sri Zulhelmy Ithnain, and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.
Prime Minister’s Department senior deputy secretary-general Datuk Abd Shukor Mahmood and the Attorney General’s Chambers legal division head Datuk Donald Joseph Franklin were among five individuals awarded the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), which carries the “Datuk” title.
Other recipients were Public Service deputy director-general (Development) Datuk Dr Mohd Bakhari Ismail, Treasury deputy secretary-general (Management) Datuk Ramzi Mansor, and cardiothoracic surgeon at Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Datuk Dr Simon Jerome Vendargon.
The Johan Mangku Negara award was conferred upon Education Service Commission secretary Md Radzi Hashim, National Population and Family Development Board director-general Abdul Shukur Abdullah, and Digital Ministry’s deputy secretary-general (Digital Development), Ma. Sivanesan Marimuthu @ Muthiah.
Other recipients were Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation deputy chief executive officer (Export Acceleration) Abu Bakar Yusof, Universiti Teknologi MARA student affairs deputy vice-chancellor Mohd Sazili Shahibi, and head of equity department, investment division at the Employees Provident Fund, Lim Tze Seong.
Four individuals received the Johan Setia Mahkota award, namely Public-Private Partnership Unit deputy director-general (Development) Chek Zainuddin Chek Jusoh, Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry’s technology transfer and commercialisation (R&D) division secretary Boniface Edwin Manung, Malaysian Highway Authority deputy director-general (Business) Mohd Hadzmir Yusoff, and Higher Education Ministry’s strategic planning division secretary Fazidah Mustafa.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Ambassador to China, Datuk Norman Muhamad, Malaysia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Syed Md Hasrin Tengku Hussin and Dewan Rakyat Secretary, Dr Nizam Mydin Bacha Mydin, received the Darjah Johan Setia Diraja honours.
National Paralympic badminton athlete and Malaysia’s first gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Cheah Liek Hou, was among 14 recipients accorded the Kesatria Mangku Negara award.
The Bintang Kesatria Setia Diraja was awarded to Istana Negara’s principal assistant secretary of the management unit, ceremonial and international conference secretariat division Syed Zaqwanariff Zainudin, and chief security officer of the security division Mohd Fairouz Hamdi Mohd Yamin.
16 individuals were conferred the Bintang Ahli Mangku Negara medal, including Tan Lee Bee, the sign language interpreter at the Federal Court of Malaysia.
Additionally, 45 individuals received the Pingat Pangkuan Negara medal, and the Pingat Bentara Setia Diraja was awarded to three people.
The sole recipient of Bintang Jasa Perkasa Persekutuan was Royal Malaysian Navy personnel Lieutenant Commander Mohd Firdaus Arbaain, who rescued four victims, including two children, from drowning in an incident involving a tourist boat at Teluk Batik, Perak, in August 2023.
In conjunction with Sultan Ibrahim’s official birthday, 116 individuals were conferred the 2025 federal awards, medals and honours this year. – June 2, 2025