Sin Chew editor killed in quake in Indonesia

The deputy executive editor-in-chief of Sin Chew Daily Tai Siew Kim was killed in a landslide caused by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Lombok Island of Indonesia on Sunday.

The Sin Chew Daily is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia and also a member of Asia News Network.

Tai was among a group of Malaysians visiting the Tiu Kelep Waterfall in Bayan district in north Lombok when the earthquake struck at 2:07pm local time.

Six other Malaysians are still missing, Wisma Putra said in a statement. They were on the island since March 14 and supposed to fly back to Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Tai's son who was with her suffered minor injuries and is reported to be receiving treatment at a hospital. According to initial reports, there were about 40 tourists, including domestic visitors, at the waterfall.

 “Most of the victims were Malaysians and domestic tourists,” said reports quoting an administration spokesman.

China Press reported that Tai, 56, the wife of its editor-in-chief Datuk Teoh Yang Khoon, was in Lombok with her ex-classmates from SRJK (C) Jementah.

There were a total of 28 of them in the group. Sin Chew Daily executive reporter E Met Yeat said Tai was a helpful and caring superior.“She took good care of her colleagues. We are very sad to hear about the news," she said.