Former Third World Network director Martin Khor dies of cancer (updated)


GEORGE TOWN: Former director of the Third World Network and The Star columnist Martin Khor Kok Peng has died.

He had been ill for several years and had returned to Penang to receive treatment and fight cancer, where he passed away Wednesday (April 1).

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