Karpal Singh, my loving husband


Karpal Singh’s wife Gurmit Kaur had always been the rock in his life. Theirs was a love story that began when they first met when he was 16 and she was just eight. Below are excerpts from an interview with Gurmit by Chin Mui Yoon which was published in The Star on Sept 10, 2006, two years after he was disabled in an accident.

THE outspoken politician Malaysians know so well, never once approached the girl he had his eye on for a decade.

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