Doctor Lois, Who Once Spread False News About COVID-19, Has Been Buried In Tarakan, North Kalimantan

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JAKARTA - The body of doctor Lois Owien, who died on Monday, June 6 in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, was buried in a Christian cemetery in Kampung Satu Village, Central Tarakan District, Tarakan City, on Wednesday 8 June afternoon.

"He (Lois) is good, has a high social spirit. The deceased had cancer and complications," said Lois' sister, Rano Hendri, at the funeral home in the Bugis Village area, Tarakan City, quoted from Antara.

Some of the officials in North Kalimantan who mourned were the Governor of North Kalimantan, Zainal Arifin Paliwang and the Mayor of Tarakan, Khairul.

Lois is the second of four children born in 1977 in Tideng Pale, Tana Tidung Regency, North Kalimantan.

A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Indonesian Christian University (UKI) Jakarta, he mostly lives in Jakarta.

Doctor Lois' name had become public attention because of his statements that did not believe in the existence of COVID-19.

He had been a staff at the Tarakan City Health Office and had been a civil servant for four years. While on duty in Tarakan, he was placed at the Karang Harapan, Karang Rejo and Gunung Lingkas Health Centers.