Ramkarpal Singh
Ramkarpal Singh s/o Karpal Singh (; born 9 April 1976) commonly referred to as Ramkarpal Singh, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Gelugor since May 2014. He served as Chair of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee from July 2019 to 2020. He is a member of Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He is one of the sons of the late Karpal Singh and younger brother of Puchong MP and former federal minister Gobind Singh Deo and Member  of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Datuk Keramat Jagdeep Singh Deo. Education. Ram was educated in Penang, first at St. Xavier's Institution and then Seri Inai School (now Tenby International School). He earned his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bristol in the UK and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn. Politics. After the death of his father Karpal, Ram was elected as the MP for Bukit Gelugor constituency. He was the only Pakatan Rakyat's candidate for the 2014 Bukit Gelugor by-election . He won the Bukit Gelugor by-election with 37,659 votes majority. He was sworn as MP on 10 July 2014. He retained his Bukit Gelugor seat by an even larger 55,951-vote majority in the 2018 General Elections, when his coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), successfully defeated the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) to form the government. On 18 July 2019, Ramkarpal was selected as chair of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee, replacing Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar. Legal career. He was admitted to the Malaysian bar in 2000. Currently, he heads his late father's law firm in Pudu  Lama, Kuala Lumpur. Ramkarpal defended People's Justice Party (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim in his second sodomy criminal charge in the High Court however his verdict was overturned by the Court of Appeal. Death of Karpal Singh. Ramkarpal was travelling with his father from his Pudu office to Penang when the accident happened. According to Ram, his father was asleep before the fatal crash took place, claiming the life of Karpal and his personal aide, Michael Cornelius Selvam.