An inspiring teacher and friend


CHELSEA L.Y. NG shares her memories of lawyer and politician Karpal Singh whom she regarded as a teacher and friend.

I MET him on my first day of work as a court reporter at the old and dila­pidated Jalan Duta courthouse in 1994. I did not know who he was. I only knew that he was defending a man charged with stealing a Ruler’s golden belt.

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