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Bernama Radio co-founder Openg Onn Net dies after battle with cancer

62-year-old breathes his last at Sarawak General Hospital last night

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 23 Aug 2021 11:54AM

Bernama Radio co-founder Openg Onn Net dies after battle with cancer
Openg Onn Net will be buried at the Semariang Muslim cemetery in Petra Jaya. – Bernama Radio Facebook pic, August 23, 2021

KUCHING – Openg Onn Net, former Bernama editor and co-founder of Bernama Radio, died at Sarawak General Hospital here last night. He was 62.

According to his wife Sabariah Zaini, Openg breathed his last at 9.44pm following a months-long battle with cancer.

“He managed to see all of our children, and asked me to take good care of our children,” she told Bernama at Openg’s sister’s home in Kg Gita.

Openg is survived by his wife, 54, and seven children, aged between 14 and 30.

He will be laid to rest at the Semariang Muslim cemetery in Petra Jaya here.

Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Abang Johari Openg conveyed his condolences to Openg’s family. – Bernama, August 23, 2021

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