 KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Election Commission (EC) will meet on Thursday to discuss details of the impending Bukit Gelugor parliamentary by-election, following the death of opposition stalwart Karpal Singh in a road accident last week. EC secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said in a short statement that the meeting, scheduled for 9 am, will be chaired by commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof and will decide on the dates for nomination and voting. The details of the by-election are expected to be announced at a press conference immediately after the meeting. Abdul Aziz confirmed that the EC received the official notification of vacancy from the Dewan Rakyat at 11am today. Karpal was believed to have been travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Penang for a court hearing when the car he was travelling in collided with a lorry along the North-South Highway near Gopeng, Perak at around 1.10am last Thursday. Karpal, who was seated in the front passenger seat, was killed on-the-spot together with his long-time assistant, Michael Cornelius. The veteran DAP politician had been involved in a car accident in 2005 that left him unable to walk and severely restricted his upper body movement. Born in Penang on June 28, 1940, Karpal graduated with a law degree from the University of Singapore and joined the DAP in 1970. He ran for Parliament in the 1978 general election and won the federal seat for Jelutong, which he held for five terms and also earned him the moniker, “Tiger of Jelutong”. Karpal leaves behind a wife, five children and 11 grandchildren. MMail
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