BNPB`s Sutopo Purwo Nugroho Passes Away at 49
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7 July 2019 07:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Head of Data Information and Public Relations Center for the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, has passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at around 01:00 Western Indonesia Time (WIB), officials said. He was 49 years old.
The Head of the TU Pusdatinmas Division of BNPB, Yahya, confirmed this. "Yes, he passed away around 2:00 a.m., Guangzhou time, China," Yahya said when contacted by Tempo on Sunday morning.
Even so, Yahya had not been able to ascertain when will Sutopo's body will be brought back to Indonesia. He said Sutopo's family is still communicating with the Indonesian Embassy in China. "Maybe later, at dawn, there will be more info about it," he said.
Sutopo was known to have departed for Guangzhou, China, to treat his lung cancer which was getting worse. He announced his departure from Soekarno Hatta Airport to China through a vlog (video blog recording) and uploaded it on his Instagram account on June 15, 2019.
"At the moment, I am still at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in order to go to Guangzhou, China for my cancer treatment, in which the cancer felt getting worse and becoming more painful," he said at the time.
At that time, Sutopo also said that the cancer cells had spread to many other bones and organs inside of him.
ADAM PRIREZA
