Renowned Sarawakian poetess Nyong Aji passes away


The late Nyong Aji.

SIBU: Sarawakians especially the Dayak community mourned the loss of a prominent poetess Nyong Aji who breathed her last in Kapit on Jan 5.

Nyong's eldest daughter, Sim Ah Hua, said in her Facebook post that her mother was 64 years old.

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