JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – CEO of Kodel Group Soegeng Sarjadi has passed away on Thursday (Oct. 30) at around 9:05 AM at Perta Medika Hospital in Sentul City, Bogor, West Java, due to lymphoma cancer.

The 72-year-old businessman, as scheduled, will be buried this afternoon at his family cemetery in Salah Bintana, Sukabumi, West Java.

Prior to burial, Soegeng’s body will be taken to Alamshar Mosque in Limo, Depok, West Java, for a prayer service.

Spokesperson of Vice President Jusuf Kalla Husain Abdullah said the Vice President along with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will personally pay their condolences to Soegeng’s family at either the hospital or at Soegeng’s private residence.

Soegeng Sarjadi is also known as writer and speaker who concerns on social political issues. He’s the founder and Director of Centre Political Studies Soegeng Sarjadi Syndicated (CPS-SSS). (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)