Simon Mol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simon Mol

Cameroonian journalist

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1973

Place of Birth: Buea, Southwest, Cameroon

Date of Death: 10-Oct-2008

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Cameroon

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Simon Mol (6 November 1973 in Buea, Cameroon – 10 October 2008) was the pen name of Simon Moleke Njie, a Cameroon-born journalist, writer and anti-racist political activist.
In 1999 he sought political asylum in Poland; it was granted in 2000, and he moved to Warsaw, where he became a well-known anti-racist campaigner. In Poland, Mol was accused of knowingly spreading the HIV virus and was charged in the cases of eleven women and remanded in custody.
However, Mol's trial was suspended due to his severe illness.
He died from HIV-related complications on 10 October 2008.