No one could stop Karpal Singh from speaking up on what he believed in. He did not care if he was taking on the prime minister or even a sultan. He had taken on all of them. SOME time in the middle of last year, I received a phone call from Karpal Singh. He offered to appear as a witness in support …

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people lined the streets of Penang to send off the hearse carrying Karpal Singh on his last journey.  The casket, bearing the body of the “Tiger of Jelutong”, was draped with a carpet with an image of a Tiger before it was carried out from the Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday. Sh …

KUANTAN: An express bus that was on its way to Kuala Lumpur flipped over on the East Coast Expressway, leaving scores of passengers injured. Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit the road divider on the right bef …

Published: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:30:00 AMUpdated: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:49:23 AM The Star Online pays tribute to prominent Malaysian politician Karpal Singh with a gallery of pictures of him. Photo Gallery 1

The maverick lawyer took on the role of Big Brother to local journalists, protecting us from powerful local figures who tried to intimidate us. I FIRST heard about Karpal Singh when I was still in school in Penang. It was around the time Star Wars hit the cinemas in the late 1970s. Karpal Singh had …

KUALA LUMPUR: The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a narrowed area has entered a crucial 48-hour period ending today, which could lead to a review of operations. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said: “It is at a crucial juncture as the Joi …

GEORGE TOWN: The time for public to pay their last respect at the funeral of Karpal Singh in Dewan Sri Pinang has been changed as cortege will leave Karpal’s house in Jalan Utama on Sunday at 7.30am. The cortege is expected to arrive at Dewan Sri Pinang at  7.45am, said Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon …

Is it possible that we are witnessing an age foreseen by the Old Testament prophet Isaiah? PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak have no shortage of subjects to discuss when the American president comes to Malaysia. Much has already been written about this first visit …

KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese independent school SM Chong Hwa Kuantan has received RM525,000 boost of public contributions collected by MCA at a recent fund-raising dinner. MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the amount given to the school was out of the RM1.45mil collected at the dinner organised …

BALIK PULAU: A housewife has been arrested for passing rolled tobacco believed to contain heroin to her son at a magistrate’s courtroom here. The 56-year-old woman’s son is facing a drug trafficking charge and she was spotted by a court policeman handing over the rolled tobacco to her 35-year-old so …

KUALA LUMPUR: One of the country’s former top cops was asked to kick the late Karpal Singh out of the Penang State Assembly after he was suspended in 1981. He ended up walking arm-in-arm with Karpal out of the building past a large number of policemen in riot gear. The policemen saluted the lawyer. …

PETALING JAYA: The authorities are looking to deploy more underwater assets in the search and rescue operation after more than 40 days since Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 went missing. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the Deployment of Assets Committee led by Dep …

IPOH, April 18 (Bernama) — Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek today called on social media practitioners to cease the dissemination and sharing of gory pictures of accidents and deaths, saying these were extreme and uncivilised acts. Expressing sadness and di …

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An avalanche swept down a slope of Mount Everest on Friday killing 12 Nepali mountaineering guides at the beginning of the main climbing season, a Tourism Ministry official said. The avalanche, the deadliest in eight years, hit the most popular route to the mountain’ …

JOHOR BAHARU, April 18 (Bernama) — The construction of the ‘Frienship Bridge’ connecting Singapore and Johor will accelerate investment flow from the republic into the state, thus fostering closer ties of both countries. Leaders of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were of the …