KUCHING: The youngest recipient of the country’s gallantry award, “Pang- lima Gagah Berani” (PGB), ASP (Rtd) Wilfred Gomez Malong, passed away around 7am yesterday. He was 63.
His wife, Angela Austin, who was by his side all the way, said he died like the true hero that he was, holding on till his last breath to the famous Iban motto/mantra, “Agi idup, agi ngelaban” (Fight as long as there is life) made famous by the Sarawak Rangers and then the Royal Ranger Regiment.
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