KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang extended his condolences to the family of the late Karpal Singh, who died in a car accident in Perak early this morning.<\/p>\n
Hadi said Karpal was a courageous fighter and has high confidence in every matter he pursued.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of PAS, I wish to extend my condolences to all the family members of the late Karpal. <\/p>\n
He was a father, a friend, a veteran politician and a lawyer who never stopped fighting for justice and to uphold the rule of law,\u201d said Hadi in a short statement to Pas’ mouthpiece Harakahdaily.<\/p>\n
The statement was forwaded to the New Straits Times by his personal assistant as Hadi was not available for comments.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Karpal, the former DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP, was killed in an accident involving a multi-purpose vehicle he was travelling in and a lorry on the North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung in Kampar at 12.40am yesterday.<\/p>\n
Karpal was 74 and leaves behind a wife, five children and four grandhildren.The prominent lawyer\u00a0 was with his son Ramkapal Singh, his personel assistant Micheal Cornelius and a maid when their vehicle rammed into the side of a lorry .<\/p>\n
Michael Cornelius while Karpal\u2019s son Ramkarpal and the maid were injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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