By Norrasyidah Arshad
SHAH ALAM, May 14 — Selangor Menteri Besar conveyed his condolences to the family of Malay Mail editor-in-chief Datuk Wong Sai Wan, who passed away this morning.
Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari described Wong’s departure as a great loss to the media industry.
“We have lost a big name during the struggle against the Covid-19 pandemic,” he wrote on Facebook today.
Wong, 59, was pronounced dead at about 6am, at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre, according to his son Wong Chee Mun.
Chee Mun said his father had a history of heart problems and stroke.
Apart from Chee Mun, Sai Wan leaves behind his wife Loo Poh Ling and daughter Wong Yik Pen, 25.
Wong began his journalism career at The Star in the early 1980s, where among others he served as its Hong Kong correspondent and executive editor, before moving to the Malay Mail as editor-in-chief in 2016.
