Wartawan Senior Djafar Assegaf Meninggal Dunia
Senior Journalist Djafar Assegaf Passes Away
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Wartawan senior, Sayyid Dja´far bin Husein bin Ahmad Assegaf, lebih dikenal sebagai Djafar Assegaf, yang pernah menjadi Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Vietnam meninggal pada Rabu pagi.
Djafar, yang pernah menjadi dosen Universitas Indonesia (UI), mantan Ketua Dewan Pembina Partai Nasional Demokrat, mantan wakil Direktur di Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Indonesia dan Media Indonesia, meninggal di rumah sakit Mitra Kemayoran Jakarta, Rabu pukul 05:00, kata saah satu anaknya, Gazy Assegaf.
Menurut Gazy, jenazah Djafar akan disemayamkan di kediamannya Jl Munggang Balekambang 58, Depok, Jawa Barat sebelum dimakamkan di Taman Pahlawan Kalibata, Jakarta Selatan.
Mantan duta besar ini sebelumnya mendapat perawatan medis di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo. Djafar juga salah satu politisi.
Jakarta (B2B) - Senior journalist, Sayyid Dja`far bin Husein bin Ahmad Assegaf, better known as Djafar Assegaf, who was once the Indonesian ambassador to Vietnam passed away on Wednesday morning.
Djafar, who also once served as lecturer of the University of Indonesia (UI), former board of patrons chairman of Nasdem Party, former deputy Managing Director at the Indonesian National News Agency and Media Indonesia daily, died at Mitra Kemayoran hospital here at 5.00 am on Wednesday, one of his children, Gazy Assegaf said.
According to Gazy, Djafar`s body will be laid in state at his residence Munggang Balekambang 58 street, Depok, West Jawa prior to his burial at the Kalibata Heroes` Cemetery in South Jakarta.
The former ambassador was previously got medical treatment at Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital. Djafar was also one of politicians.
