Abang Johari is one of four recipients of the Seri Panglima Darjah Kinabalu (SPDK), the highest state honour of Sabah, which carries the title “Datuk Seri Panglima”.

Also conferred with the SPDK are state minister for tourism, culture and environment Christina Liew, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain, and businessman Kumar Prabakaran.

State assistant minister of agriculture, fisheries and food industry Peto Galim, and state assistant minister of finance Tan Lee Fatt are among 87 recipients of the second-highest state honour, the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK), which carries the title “Datuk.”

Other PGDK recipients include Kukusan assemblyman Rina Jainal, Tanjong Kapor assemblyman Chong Chen Bin, Banggi assemblyman Mohammad Mohamarin, appointed assemblyman, Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, and chairman of the Women’s Council of the Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Joanna Kitingan.

Members of the media in Sabah were also honoured with The Borneo Post Sabah editor-in-chief Chiew Nai Wen and senior news writer Philip Golingai receiving the PGDK, while Sabah information department director Jainisah Noor is one of 116 people who were awarded the Ahli Setia Darjah Kinabalu (ASDK).

Meanwhile, entrepreneur development and cooperatives minister Ewon Benedick, Sabah deputy chief minister II Dr Joachim Gunsalam, and Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Kassim Mansor were among the 10 recipients of the Justice of Peace (JP) award.

A total of 274 individuals were conferred with the Ahli Darjah Kinabalu (ADK); 320 received the Bintang Setia Kinabalu (BSK); Bintang Kinabalu (BK) (421 recipients); and Pingat Perkhidmatan Terpuji (PPT) (144 recipients).