KUCHING: A 104-year-old Iban war hero who single-handedly fought off communists in the jungles of Johor to defend an injured comrade will be accorded a state funeral.
Datuk Awang Raweng, a former member of the elite Iban trackers during the British colonial era, passed away at about 2.15pm on Friday at his son’s residence in Taman Padri, Sri Aman.
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