Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) pro-chancellor Arshad Ayub head the list of 829 recipients of the 2020 Federal Awards in conjunction with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah’s birthday.
Tengku Maimun and Arshad will be bestowed the Seri Setia Mahkota (SSM) award, which carries the title "Tun" at the investiture today at Istana Melawati in Putrajaya.
Four more leading national figures will receive the Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) that carries the title "Tan Sri".
They are Chief Secretary to the Government Mohd Zuki Ali, Attorney-General Idrus Harun, Chief of Defence Force General Affendi Buang and Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador.
Twelve other people will receive the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) which also carries the title "Tan Sri".
The recipients of PSM are Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Court of Appeal president Rohana Yusuf, Public Service Department director-general Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman, Army chief General Zamrose Mohd Zain, Air Force chief General Ackbal Abdul Samad, former deputy inspector-general of police Mazlan Mansor, and Olympic Council of Malaysia president Mohamad Norza Zakaria.
