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Place of Birth: Tarutung, Sumatra, Indonesia
About A. M. Sipahoetar
- Albert Manoempak Sipahoetar (26 August 1914 – 5 January 1948) was an Indonesian journalist and one of the founders of the state news agency Antara.
- Born in Tarutung, Dutch East Indies, he took up journalism at an early age and by age 20 had led two publications.
- After a time working in Medan, he went to the capital at Batavia (now Jakarta) with Adam Malik.
- After dabbling in politics and advertising, he established Antara together with three other reporters, heading the agency for a year between 1938 and 1939.
- Although he remained active as a reporter after leaving the agency, his health failed quickly and he died in a sanatorium near Yogyakarta.
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