> I dunno what else to say... surely this forum has lost it soul... may
> the spirit of mr. mgg pillai continue to gguide and bless the country..

> On 4/29/06, *Pete Loke* <omygod...@yahoo.com
> <mailto:omygod...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

>     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

>     */Alan Chew <euthanasiaa2...@yahoo.com
>     <mailto:euthanasiaa2...@yahoo.com>>/ * wrote:
>     If anyone has funeral details, please do let me know.
>     I would like to show my last respects.

>     Thank You.

>     */gnh <g...@pc.jaring.my <mailto:g...@pc.jaring.my>>/* wrote:

>      Veteran journalist MGG Pillai dies

>     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.
>     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]*

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