Masing (second left) and Jaul (left) pay their last respects to Awang. — Borneo Post Online pic

KUCHING, Sept 21 — Sarawak’s Iban leaders thanked the state government for according a state funeral to former Iban tracker and the nation’s sole recipient of the George Cross gallantry medal, the late Datuk Awang Raweng, at the Heroes Memorial here.