'Malaysian Maverick' author, Barry Wain dies

Bernama
February 5, 2013 20:14 MYT
Former editor and correspondent of the Asian Wall Street Journal, Barry Wain, 69, passed away at a hospital here this morning, according to an e-mail circulated to foreign correspondents based in Singapore by the president of the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore.
Barry, an Australian journalist who had lived in Asia for nearly 40 years, was a writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies since April 2005.
He was also the author of the bestselling book, Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times, and The Refused, an account of the refugee outflow from Indochina after the Vietnam War.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs Yvonne Wain and son, David Wain.
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