Sabah gives RM100,000 to Olympics medallist Tan Wee Kiong


Musa (middle) presenting the mock cheque to Tan in Kota Kinabalu on Monday. Looking on is Sabah Minister of Youth and Sports, Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah-based Olympics silver medallist Tan Wee Kiong received RM100,000 from the state government and private contributors for his achievement at the recently concluded Rio Games.

After presenting the mock cheque to Tan, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the state was proud of the Johor-born Tan whose family settled in Tawau,  Sabah 16 years ago.

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