Jakarta: Indonesia’s disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (pic) – who shot to international fame for keeping up a 24/7 schedule while battling terminal cancer – has died at the age of 49.
Affectionately known as Pak Topo, or Mr Topo, Nugroho was the face of government efforts to get word out on the latest developments in a string of natural disasters, including a quake-tsunami that killed thousands on Sulawesi island in 2018.
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