Saturday, 15 May 2021 04:06 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
People pay their last respects to Datuk Wong Sai Wan during his wake service at the Xiao En centre in Kuala Lumpur May 15, 2021. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 Friends and colleagues, both present and past, paid their last respects today to
Malay Mail editor-in-chief Datuk Wong Sai Wan, a veteran journalist whom they remembered fondly.
Malay Mail publisher Datuk Siew Ka Wei, who has known Wong for almost two decades, said he considered him to be like a brother.
Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood
Media Prima Bhd
Media Prima Bhd is a company many entrepreneurs would like to get a hold of, as its portfolio encompasses electronics, print, digital and out-of-home media platforms, giving anyone who controls the group unparalleled reach to the masses.
This could the reason behind tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary’s emergence as a substantial shareholder in the group in 2018 after the 14th General Election. Syed Mokhtar has been known to be a close ally of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Politics aside, Syed Mokhtar is no stranger to the media industry. He owns The Malaysian Reserve, a financial daily. For Media Prima, however, it seems that Syed Mokhtar wants to expand the group beyond media content production.