Irene, the lionhearted: A tribute


  • People
  • Friday, 04 Apr 2014

Human rights activist Dr Irene Fernandez fought the good fight and kept the faith.

MALAYSIANS sent prayers when Dr Irene Fernandez was hospitalised on March 25. Many were hoping she’d pull through because she had come to represent moral courage in the fight against injustice, but Fernandez died from heart failure on march 31. She was 67.

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