KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) director-general Datuk Dr Abd Latif Mohmod was touched and overwhelmed when Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah spontaneously left the royal dais to confer an award on him.
Abd Latif, when met by reporters after the investiture ceremony of federal awards and honours at the Istana Negara Monday (Sept 9), said he never expected His Majesty to do so after seeing him moving about with help of a walking stick following injuries sustained 10 years ago while on duty.
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