IT News
Imphal, Jan 18,
Fitting tribute was paid to veteran Journalist AK Sanaton, at Manipur Press Club Imphal. The veteran journalist who struggle all his life for the welfare of the journalist community and also for the society left for heavenly abode yesterday evening. He was 71.
The untimely demise of the veteran journalist has shocked the journalist fraternity as well as many civil society organizations.
The Editors Guild Manipur, in its condolence message stated that late AK Sanaton during his life time have been a very vocal journalist and had served as the Editor of Ehou daily and President of All Manipur Working Journalist.
He was instrumental and pushing through the journalist pension scheme which every working journalist is entitled to today. Apart from being a respected journalist, he was also politically and socially active, having served as the General secretary of Manipur Peoples party and President of SEYO Club. In his death Manipur has lost a precious “son of the soil” who had served as conscience for many journalists who use to consult him at times of not only personal crisis but state issues. He had been a constant advisor to all of us. We will greatly miss him.
He was 71 years old when he passed away and is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. Members of the Editors Guild Manipur, share the sorrow and grief of the family.
The All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union also expressed shock and condoled the demise of the journalist.
Team Imphal Times also condole the demise of the great journalist who had many times guided us in our profession.
