PETALING JAYA: Prominent blogger and political observer Zakhir Mohammed, fondly known as “Big Dog”, died this morning. He was 53.
Zakhir, who was the Petra News editor, collapsed at home and was rushed to hospital by ambulance, according to Ahiruddin Attan, executive editor at Petra News, the publisher of TheVibes news portal.
The portal added medical personnel failed to revive him.
Petra Group chairman and CEO Vinod Sekhar expressed shock over the death and said: “We have lost one of our own. Big Dog Zakhir breathed his last this morning after suddenly collapsing.”
Zakhir, who leaves a wife and a daughter, will be buried at the Bukit Kiara cemetery after Asar (afternoon) prayers today.