Kompas Founder Jakob Oetama Passes Away at 88
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9 September 2020 14:36 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The founder of one of Indonesia mainstream media Kompas Gramedia, Jakob Oetama, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 13:05 in Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. He died at the age of 88.
Wisnu Nugroho, the Kompas.com editor in chief, said Jakob's body would be taken to Kompas Gramedia building in Palmerah, Central Jakarta.
Jakob will be buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta on Thursday, September 10.
Kompas Gramedia Corporate Communication, in a written statement, asks the employees or contributors who wish to pay last respects to Jakob Oetama to join the funeral online via this link: www.kompas.tv/live.
Syailendra Persada