FORMER SILAT ATHLETE CONFERRED STATE MEDAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH SELANGOR SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY

SHAH ALAM, May 14 (Bernama) -- The Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah today conferred the state medals on 155 recipients including former national silat athlete Muhammad Afifi Nordin.

Muhammad Afifi was conferred the Pingat Kecemerlangan Sukan Selangor (P.K.S.) in an investiture ceremony held in conjunction with the 79th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

The ceremony, held at the Dewan Jubli Perak Sultan Abdul Aziz here today, involved recipients from the districts of Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor, Gombak, Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat, Sabak Bernam and Sepang.

Ten individuals received the Pingat Pekerti Terpilih (P.P.T.); 18 recipients of the Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang Selangor (P.P.C.); 114 individuals were awarded the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (P.J.K.) while 12 recipients received the Pingat Perkhidmatan Selangor (P.P.S.).

At the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL2017), Muhammad Afifi helped Malaysia add to its gold medal tally in the men's Seni Jurus Tunggal category, scoring 470 points to defeat Indonesian silat exponent Sugianto, who earned silver with 462 points.

Muhammad Afifi and his partner, Mohd Taqiyuddin Hamid also won a bronze medal in the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia in August 2018.

Yesterday, Tengku Amir Shah conferred state medals to 184 recipients from the Petaling and Klang districts during the first of a two-day investiture ceremony. Among those honoured were three players from the Selangor Red Giants (SRG) esports team.

SRG players Hazziq Danish Mohamad Rizwan, known by his gaming alias 'Stormie', Muhammad Haqqullah Ahmad Shahrul Zaman (Sekys), and Muhammad Qayyum Ariffin Mohd Suhaimi (YumS) were each conferred the P.K.S medal in recognition of their exceptional achievements in competitive gaming.

-- BERNAMA