Blogger RPK dies in UK, aged 74

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The death of the controversial blogger was confirmed by his brother, Raja Idris.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/10/blogger-rpk-dies-in-uk-aged-74/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/09/10/raja-petra-meninggal-dunia-pada-usia-74-tahun/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #RajaPetraKamarudin #Blogger #Dies

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00:00Blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin died in the UK on Monday night.

00:07Raja Petra, popularly known as RPK, was 74 years old.

00:12His death was confirmed by his brother, Raja Idris, this morning.

00:16In a brief text to FMT, he said Raja Petra passed away at 11.26pm UK time on September

00:229 in Manchester.

00:24Raja Petra was born on September 27, 1950.

00:29He ran the Malaysia Today website which published commentaries and articles on Malaysian politics

00:35which were often controversial.

00:37Raja Petra was held under the then-Internal Security Act in 2001 and 2008.

00:44He received his early education at Alice Smith School and then continued his studies at the

00:49Malay College, Kuala Kangsa, before completing his education at Victoria Institution in Kuala

00:54Lumpur.

00:55Raja Petra married Marina Lee Abdullah on April 14, 1973.

01:00They have five children and two grandchildren.

01:03He had been residing in Manchester for a number of years.

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