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Sutopo-Purwo-Nugroho

National 6 years ago

Netizens long for Sutopo as govt scrambles to handle COVID-19

The government's recent handling of COVID-19 has spark nostalgia online for the late National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who dedicated his life to relaying information to the public when disasters struck.

National 6 years ago

BNPB names multipurpose room after late Sutopo Purwo Nugroho

To honor its former spokesman, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has named a new multipurpose hall at its Jakarta headquarters after the late Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

Opinion 6 years ago

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Killing our children softly – with our tobacco smoke

Indonesia is one of the few countries that hasn’t signed the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This means cigarettes are still extremely cheap and cigarette advertising is not prohibited. #opinion

National 6 years ago

'I'm a passive smoker': Sutopo leaves powerful warning against smoking before death

“I am not a smoker. There are no smokers in my family. I also live a healthy lifestyle. (…) Maybe one of the causes [of the cancer] was because I am a passive smoker,” he said, adding that most of the staff at the BNPB headquarters were smokers.

Editorial 6 years ago

Farewell, 'Pak' Sutopo

For millions of Indonesians, he was a source of inspiration, courage and extraordinary moral strength as he struggled through what he described as extreme pain to work tirelessly to serve his country and its people.

National 6 years ago

Mourners grieve loss of 'exceptional' BNPB spokesman during Boyolali hometown funeral

The late spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), who lost his two-year battle against cancer on Sunday, was honored with a military funeral.

National 6 years ago

Sutopo: Farewell to a 'hero of humanity'

Sutopo continued to update the press by sending official statements even as he struggled with the pain of writing them.

National 6 years ago

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, disaster information's main man, dies at 49

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho was relentless in providing the latest information on natural disasters, even when he was at the hospital for his chemotherapy.