Senior Journalist And Managing Director Of Tempo Toriq Hadad Dies

Toriq Hadad on the cover of Tempo magazine (Twitter @thhadad)

JAKARTA - The sad news came from the country's media industry. Toriq Hadad or known as the President Director of PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk, passed away on Saturday, May 8.

The news was conveyed by the Chief Editor of Tempo, Budi Setyarso, via his Twitter tweet. Toriq died at Pondok Indah Hospital (RSPI) Jakarta due to heart disease.

"Just to inform those who know, has passed away. President Director of PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk., [As well as] former Chief Editor of Tempo and Kora Tempo Magazines, Mr. Toriq Hadad last night at Pondok Indah Hospital, Jakarta. God willing, the late Husnul Khatimah. Please pray. , "wrote a written statement received by the media crew.

The same thing was also confirmed by the Editor in Chief of Koran Tempo, Budi Setyarso, who reported the news of Toriq Hadad's grief on his Twitter account @BudiSetyarso.

Goodbye to the best place by His side, Mas Toriq @thhadad. We are deeply saddened by the death of this Managing Director of Tempo Inti Media. Please forgive the mistake. 🙏🙏🙏😥

- Budi Setyarso (BudiSetyarso) May 7, 2021

Summarized from various sources, Toriq will be buried at the funeral home in the South Tangerang area. Furthermore, he will be buried in Jeruk Purut cemetery.

Toriq died at the age of 60. Toriq first joined Tempo as a reporter after earning a bachelor's degree in agriculture at the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) in 1984.

Throughout his career, he served as Head of Bureau in East Java (1987-1989) and Head of the Jakarta Bureau (1992-1994). In 1995, together with a number of other journalists, Toriq founded the online news site Tempo Interaktif, which was a response to the banning of Tempo by the Suharto regime at that time.

In 2005, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Koran Tempo. A year later, in 2006 to be precise, Toriq led the Tempo Magazine as well as became the Director of PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk. Until then in 2017, this Surabaya-born man was appointed as the main director.