FMT columnist, veteran newsman Hishamuddin Aun dies
Veteran journalist and FMT columnist Hishamuddin Aun died today at the age of 64.
The former group chief editor of New Straits Times Press Bhd (NSTP) is understood to have breathed his last at Hospital Sultan Idris Shah in Serdang today.
He was reportedly hospitalised there last month for a lung infection and had been battling Influenza A in the intensive care unit, Berita Harian reported.
He will be laid to rest at the Sungai Sekamat Muslim cemetery in Kajang tomorrow morning.
Hishamuddin joined the news industry in 1979 as a cadet reporter before moving up the ranks and eventually becoming NSTP group chief editor.
He was also Berita Harian’s group editor from 2003 to 2006, and sports editor before that. He had also served as an adviser for Astro Arena and Astro Awani.
He was a columnist for FMT’s Bahasa Melayu…
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