A National Legend Has Left Us

Ferry Sonneville has passed away. The badminton and sports worlds have lost a fighter.

December 2, 2003

HIS final journey had been put in order for him. A dark safari suit covered his 1.76-meter-tall body. Shiny black slippers had been placed on his feet. His pure white hair had been neatly combed back. His face was calm, eyes tightly closed, seemingly enjoying the long sleep in his coffin. The body of Ferdinand Alexander Sonneville, an athlete still the pride of Indonesia, lay in the coffin on which relatives gazed one after another with a sen

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