Bernama.com editor dies
Published: Jun 12, 2011 6:24 PM | Updated: Jun 12, 2011 6:26 PM
Bernama.com editor Izham Shuhaimi Ahmad died of esophageal cancer at the Selayang Hospital near here at about 4.30pm today. He was 56.
Bernama.com editor Izham Shuhaimi Ahmad died of esophageal cancer at the Selayang Hospital near here at about 4.30pm today. He was 56.
His sister, Hajah Mafuzah Ahmad, said that Izham died after about three months of illness.
"It was in early April that he learned that he had cancer," said Mafuzah, herself a former Bernama journalist now working part-time for the national news agency.
Izham was admitted to the hospital last Sunday.
His remains will be brought to his mother's house in Taman Gombak here and he will be buried before Zohor prayers tomorrow.
Izham, who was with Bernama for 30 years, graduated from Universiti Teknologi Mara with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He also held a master's degree in business administration from Universiti Utara Malaysia.
- Bernama
His sister, Hajah Mafuzah Ahmad, said that Izham died after about three months of illness.
"It was in early April that he learned that he had cancer," said Mafuzah, herself a former Bernama journalist now working part-time for the national news agency.
Izham was admitted to the hospital last Sunday.
His remains will be brought to his mother's house in Taman Gombak here and he will be buried before Zohor prayers tomorrow.
Izham, who was with Bernama for 30 years, graduated from Universiti Teknologi Mara with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He also held a master's degree in business administration from Universiti Utara Malaysia.
- Bernama
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