Tommy Apriando has died, according Twitter report by Mongabay (@mongabay). The Indonesian investigative reporter and advocate for press freedom death was announced on social media Tuesday.
Tommy Apriando passed away on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 at the age of 30. He was the chairperson of Yogyakarta branch of Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).
A fundraising campaign has been created for his funeral expenses.”Tommy’s young wife Wiwid Ervita and family need help with the cost of bringing his body home for burial and his memorial as well as adjusting to life without him,” a statement on the page created with GoFundMe says.
DeadDeath is yet to learn Apriando’s cause of death.