Former TV3 journalist Karam Singh Walia dies

His passing was confirmed by his younger brother, Jasbant Singh, who is also Group Managing Editor of News and Current Affairs at Media Prima Berhad.

06 Apr 2026 09:09am
Veteran broadcast journalist Karam Singh Walia died at his residence in Klang at 3.30 am today.
Veteran broadcast journalist Karam Singh Walia died at his residence in Klang at 3.30 am today.

KUALA LUMPUR - Veteran broadcast journalist Karam Singh Walia died at his residence in Klang at 3.30 am today. He was 66.

His passing was confirmed by his younger brother, Jasbant Singh, who is also Group Managing Editor of News and Current Affairs at Media Prima Berhad.

Born in 1959 in Teluk Intan, Perak, Karam began his career as a broadcast journalist with TV3 in 1995 before retiring in 2014 due to health reasons.

He was widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential environmental journalists, having won the Seri Angkasa Award twice as well as the Malaysian Press Institute Award for Best Environmental Television Journalist for four consecutive years from 2004 to 2007. - BERNAMA

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