Prime Minister’s Dept honours army veterans

Sacrifices: Dr Wee having a chat with some of the 23 former Armed Forces officers who received Pingat Jasa Malaysia appreciation medals.

YONG PENG: For former army recruit Kpl Maimon Othman, giving up the service was a tough decision to make but she had to, in order to care for her young children after her husband died.

The now 54-year-old mother-of-four entered the army’s Rejimen Semboyan DiRaja under the communications unit back in 1978 when she was just 18.