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The Jakarta Post
Leading human rights activist Asmara Nababan died Thursday in Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou, China, where he was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He was 64.Asmara, who was diagnosed for cancer a year ago, had undergone surgery at Dharmais Hospital in Jakarta earlier. He had also sought treatment in Singapore.Doctors said his condition worsened after the cancer spread to his heart and brain.Earlier this month, Asmara was admitted to Gading Pluit Hospital in Jakarta before departing for China on Oct. 12. He died following surgery earlier on Oct. 25.His body will be laid to rest at his home on Jl. Rasamala Raya No. 31 in Pancoran, South Jakarta, from Sunday to Monday and will lie in state at the office of the National Commission on Human Rights in Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning.A requiem will be held at Hang Lekiu HKBP Church before he is buried at Tanah Kusir public cemetery on ...
