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I came to Malaysia in 1997 as a starry-eyed westerner thinking
we had freedom of the press back home. Someone introduced
me to sangkancil. I have never looked back since.
MGG was always like a father figure giving you guidance
when goings-on were hard to understand.
What a great loss for Malaysia. Who will fill the
place of this giant?
Heinz
> Veteran journalist MGG Pillai dies
> Apr 28, 06 12:24pm
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> The doyen of Malaysian journalism, MGG Pillai, passed away this
> morning at the Universiti Hospital due to heart complications.
> According to his son Sreejit Pillai, the veteran newsman who pioneered
> Malaysia's online journalism, died at 10.40am.
> Pillai, 67, began his career in journalism in the 1960s. He had also
> served as a war correspondent during the Vietnam War.
> He was expelled from Singapore for his reporting while he was
> stationed in the city-state.
> He later joined the /Malay Mail./
> For the past 10 years, Pillai had taken to the Internet to pursue his
> craft. He was instrumental in the launch of discussion group
> Sangkancil in 1995 - Malaysia's first online community - and more
> recently his own website, *MGGPillai.com <http://www.mggpillai.com/>*.
> Pillai was a /Malaysiakini/ columnist since the online news website
> was launched six years ago and till the end took his commitment very
> seriously.
> Despite being admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, he insisted on
> calling /Malaysiakini/ that morning to say that his *Chiaroscuro
> <http://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/49586>* (Shades of gray) column
> wouldn't be coming in.
> “I'm afraid I won’t be sending you a column today because I’m in the
> hospital,” he told /Malaysiakini’s/ opinions and features editor S
> Vicknesan.
> *[Full report to follow]*