Karpal Singh
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Karpal Singh was a prominent Malaysian lawyer, politician, and human rights advocate, widely known as the "Tiger of Jelutong" for his fearless courtroom and parliamentary battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karpal Singh canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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human rights activist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bukit Gantung Crematorium, Penang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | road traffic collision ⓘ |
| child |
Gobind Singh Deo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jagdeep Singh Deo NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangaljit Kaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramkarpal Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sangeet Kaur Deo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-06-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-04-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Xavier's Institution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sikh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ |
| fullName | Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Karpal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Yang Berhormat (YB) during parliamentary service ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending high-profile political cases
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fearless courtroom advocacy ⓘ opposition to the death penalty ⓘ outspoken criticism of government abuses ⓘ strong advocacy for rule of law in Malaysia ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Action Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Tiger of Jelutong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
constitutional challenges in Malaysian courts
ⓘ
defence of Anwar Ibrahim in sodomy trials ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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human rights advocate ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented |
Bukit Gelugor
NERFINISHED
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Jelutong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | George Town, Penang, Straits Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Gua Tempurung, Perak, Malaysia ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Malaysian opposition politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Democratic Action Party
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Member of Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly ⓘ National Chairman of DAP ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| spouse | Gurmit Kaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateConstituencyRepresented | Bukit Gelugor (Penang State Legislative Assembly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Karpal Singh Description of subject: Karpal Singh was a prominent Malaysian lawyer, politician, and human rights advocate, widely known as the "Tiger of Jelutong" for his fearless courtroom and parliamentary battles.
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