Passed away peacefully on Wednesday night, say family.

A radical, he has not been given due recognition in our textbooks.

Former comrade Syed Husin Ali is saddened by the loss.

Unlike Umno, these nationalists were against working with British colonialists.

Karam Singh Veriah, elected at age 22, was Malaysia’s youngest MP.

INTERVIEW | He recalls those who fought for a more progressive Malaysia.

INTERVIEW | Veteran leader recalls the activists lost to ISA detention.

INTERVIEW | He was drawn to grassroots leaders who championed the poor.

COMMENT Syed Husin relishes rare vindication at his book’s launch that had the feel of a memorial awaiting coronation.

Ganga Nayar, 84, a former Gerakan leader and the first Indian Malaysian woman to be elected, laments that her party’s multi-racialism has gone out of fashion.

Kamarulzaman Teh who has the distinction of enduring the longest political detention in the country 22 years in all died of old age on Tuesday. He fought the Japanese, British and then the Umno-ruled government in a bid for true freedom, until the very end.