Alex Abimanyu, Indonesia Unite Activist, Dies at 33
March 11, 2010
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Alex Abimanyu, a co-founder of the Indonesia Unite movement, died from a heart attack on Thursday. He was 33.
Alex described himself as a career coach, photographer and a writer. He helped launch Indonesia Unite on the popular Twitter microblogging service to rally the nation after the twin suicide bombing attacks on Jakarta hotels last July.
Indonesia Unite members have helped residents of Kampung Melayu hit by recent flooding and traveled to Sumatra to distribute aid after last year's Padang earthquake. They also launched an effort to help t-shirt vendors left with unsold Manchester United shirts after the bombings caused the team to cancel a planned Jakarta visit.
Alex was active on Twitter until shortly before his death. Among
other topics, he tweeted about the deaths of Sunni cleric Sheikh
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi and actor Corey Haim in his final hours.
JG
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