– Francis Loh Kok Wah
The Malaysian Insider
April 18, 2014
The Board of Governors and Managers of the St Xavier’s schools in Penang have expressed sorrow over the death of one of their most illustrious students.
We, the Boards of Governors and Managers of St Xavier’s Institution, SK St Xavier’s, and SK St Xavier’s Cawangan are deeply saddened to hear of YB Karpal Singh’s sudden death.
Karpal was one of our “towering Malaysians”, a most illustrious son, no doubt.
He was dubbed the “Tiger of Jelutong”, from where he was repeatedly elected into Parliament, before he moved to contest and represent Bukit Gelugor, both constituencies in Penang.
Karpal was a fearless and renowned lawyer. In and out of Parliament, Karpal spoke out bravely against the making of unjust and bad laws, and opposed policies that discriminated against the downtrodden and minorities while favouring the cronies and racial or religious exclusivists.
He also condemned the use of these bad laws to oppress critics, activists and opposition leaders.
In this regard, he was among those detained without trial under the Internal Security Act during Ops Lalang 1987. Continue reading “St Xavier’s schools honour Karpal”