 On 24 September 2011, he was conferred the Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) "(Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang"), with the title of Datuk by the Abang Muhammad Salahuddin, the Head of State's 90th Birthday.In 2011, Kanang supervised Operation Mai Pulai.This operation involved the locating and exhumation of the remains of 21 Iban Trackers and Sarawak Rangers who were killed during the Second Malayan Emergency.