Karpal Singh

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Karpal Singh Ram Singh or simply Karpal Singh is a Malaysian politician and a lawyer by profession. He is the current chairman of Democratic Action Party and a member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Penang. He won the seat in 2004. He is an ethnic Punjabi and a prominent lawyer in Malaysia, well known for his expertise in the field of litigation. His reputation has earned him the nickname "Tiger of Jelutong".

On the 7 September 2004, Karpal Singh was given the choice of apologizing within 3 days and face 10 days of suspension or suspension from Parliament with all privileges such as allowances stripped from him, for a period of 6 months. Karpal had earlier told returning MPs that they had to raise their right hand when speaking the oath of office. Parliament determined that there was no such requirement and subsequently, that Karpal was deliberately misleading parliament. All 12 DAP members of parliament walked out in protest.

Karpal was injured in a car accident in early 2005 and is currently recovering from the injuries.

He has previously spent time in prison under the Malaysian ISA.

[edit] Election results

Year	Parliamentary seat	Votes	Majority	Total voters	Opponent
1995	P49 Jelutong	-	won	-	-
1999	P49 Jelutong	20716	lost by 775	59372	Lee Kah Choon (BN - Gerakan)
2004	P51 Bukit Gelugor (new seat)	22529	won by 1261	60123	Lim Boo Chan (BN - MCA)