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I was told by MGG's family that the funeral will be leaving his house (Siewdor Apartment in Brickfield, off Jln Tun Sambanthan, KL) this 11am (Saturday). We are all sorry to see this great guru untimely demise. Perhaps I am one of the last friend seeing him alive. We all missed him. Pete Thank You. Veteran journalist MGG Pillai dies Apr 28, 06 12:24pm 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. 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. 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 (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. --------------------------------- ---------------------------------
I would like to show my last respects.
He later joined the Malay Mail.
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