Ex-state secretary Mustapha among three head list of 1,423 Sabah award recipients

Mustapha (left) and Marcel Leiking among three to be conferred with SPDK (Seri Panglima Darjah Kinabalu) that carries the title Datuk Seri Panglima.

KOTA KINABALU: Former state secretary Datuk K.Y. Mustapha is one of three people who will receive the highest state award – SPDK (Seri Panglima Darjah Kinabalu) – that carries the title Datuk Seri Panglima in conjunction with the 66th birthday of Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin's birthday on Saturday (Oct 5).

The others are businessman Tan Sri Joseph Lo @ Lo Tain Foh and veteran Sabah politician Datuk Marcel Leiking, who is the father of International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking.