Lambok Thabah passes away in East Khasi Hills district

SHILLONG: Lambok Thabah — a seasoned journalist of the State and Editor of Khasi daily 'U Nongsaiñ Hima — breathed his last on Tuesday morning.

Thabah, who suddenly took ill on Tuesday morning, died while he was taken to the Bethany Hospital.

He was born on June 15, 1971 at Umniuh Tmar, East Khasi Hills district. He started his schooling in his village and later joined Class-VII at the St Paul's Seminary in Shillong and appeared in his High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examination in 1988. Then, he joined Shillong Polytechnic and completed his Mechanical Engineering in 1994.

Thabah was associated with Nongsaiñ Hima since 1996-1997. He took charge as the Editor of the daily in 2003 and held the post till his untimely death.

The eldest of six siblings he leaves behind his wife — Mildred Sun, and three children.

He was the recipient of the 'Ramnath Goenka Excellence In Journalism Awards', in 2014, for his breakthrough reporting on the gross PDS anomalies in Meghalaya. Thabah received the award from the then Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan.

Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma in a message condoled the sudden demise of Thabah. "I have known him personally as a journalist who believed in reporting, facts and truth," Sangma said.

Meanwhile, the Shillong Press Club held a condolence meeting to expressed its deep shock, pain and utter despair at the sudden passing away of Thabah.

The Shillong Press Club stated that he will always be remembered for his unique talent of gathering information from a host of networks that he had cultivated over his long journey in journalism while sticking to his principle of maintaining confidentiality always.

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