Malaysian disability rights activist and lawyer, James Low, dies, aged 30

Low, constitutional law scholar and disability rights activist, died Wednesday (May 27) from a rare genetic muscle-wasting disease.

Doctors said it was unlikely for James Low Hong Ping to live beyond the age of two when he was first diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

However, Low not only survived beyond that age, he defied all odds to become an exemplary constitutional law scholar and disability rights activist.