Fahmi Conveys Condolences To Family Of Former RTM Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has conveyed his condolences to the family of former Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) editor Sahbudin Abdullah who died early today.

“Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raji'un. Another former media practitioner has left us today. I extend my condolences to his family and pray that his soul is blessed with Allah's mercy,” he said in a Facebook post.

Sahbudin, 73, died at about 1.30 am of a heart attack while driving home.

He was diagnosed with heart disease in 2020.

Sahbudin served as a contract-based non-pensionable staff member at RTM for 27 years until 2017. 

Before joining RTM, he worked at Utusan Malaysia from 1980 to 1990 and served as a correspondent in Jakarta during the last three years of his tenure with the company.

-- BERNAMA