Former group chief editor of The Star Ng Poh Tip has died at the age of 81.

The Star's chief content officer, Esther Ng Sek Yee, when contacted by Bernama, said Ng died at her home in Subang Jaya.

Ng, whose husband died 10 years ago, had no children.

She started her career as a journalist in 1971 and made history as...