Senior journalist dies

Senior journalist dies

JAKARTA: Djohan Akbar, a senior journalist for a number of
press publications, died on Tuesday of pneumonia.

Djohan was 74 years of age. He is survived by his wife, eight
children and seven grandchildren. He was buried yesterday in
Pasar Minggu. Djohan worked many years for the Antara news
agency, at one time serving as its correspondent in Tokyo.

He was also a correspondent for Times of London and a Dutch
newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

After he retired from Antara in 1983, he joined The Jakarta
Post and continued to work there until 1990.

Colleagues remember Djohan as a dedicated journalist with
sound English language writing skills, Antara reported. (par)