Cheeming Boey, Tunku Halim score big at Readers' Choice Awards

Winning writers: (from left) Lee Ee Leen; RodieR; Star Media Group Bhd chief operating officer, content development, June H.L. Wong; Tunku Halim; Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka director-general Datuk Dr Haji Awang Sariyan; Popular Holdings Ltd director David Chia; Boey; representatives for Dr Mahathir and Captain Lim.2 Boey posing with his top non-fiction award and two young fans who travelled all the way from Sarawak to see him at the awards ceremony.3 Tunku Halim with his top fiction award. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star4 Chia delivering his opening remarks. — Photos: NORAFIFI EHSAN/The Star

Congratulations: (from left) Lee Ee Leen; RodieR; June H.L. Wong, Star Media Group Bhd chief operating officer, content development; Tunku Halim; Datuk Dr Haji Awang Sariyan, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka director-general; David Chia, Popular Holdings Ltd director; Boey; representatives for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad; Cheeming Boey; and Captain Lim. Photo: The Star/Norafifi Ehsan

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