Storify: Tribute to Late Karpal Singh.

Early Thursday, veteran lawyer and opposition lawmaker Karpal Singh passed away in a car accident, along with long-time personal assistant Michael Cornelius, near Gua Tempurung on the North South Expressway near Kampar.

We pay tribute to the prominent Malaysian politician with a gallery of pictures of him over the years.

Veteran lawyer and opposition lawmaker Karpal Singh passed away in a car accident on early Thursday, along with long-time personal assistant Michael Cornelius, near Gua Tempurung on the North South Expressway near Kampar. Today, we pay tribute to the prominent Malaysian politician with a gallery of pictures of him over the years.

A young Karpal SIngh, who was the president of the Dunearn Hostel at the University of Singapore in 1963, delivering a speech.

1978: Lim Kit Siang (right, in glasses) leaving the court with Karpal Singh (centre)

1978: Karpal Singh sharing a joke with then Penang Governor Tun Haji Sardon Jubir.

Karpal Singh with his mother.

1981: Karpal Singh and P. Patto (left) at the NBI headquarters.

1979: (From left to right) DAP state assemblymen Chin Nyok Soo, Karpal Singh, Ooi Ean Kwong, Seow Hun Khim having a group discussion.

1989: Karpal Singh waving to friends after leaving the courtroom with his wife Gurmit Kaur and son Jagdeep (2nd from right).

1984: Lim Kit Siang, flanked by Karpal Singh and Penang DAP secretary Mr Gooi Hock Seng, (left) participating in the "Save Bukit China" campaign at the Air Itam Dam.

Karpal Singh speaking to his wife before being taken back to Kamunting detention camp

Karpal Singh in his KL office, in a file pic dated Aug 28, 1985: "Read the law and know it."

1978: Mr Ooi Ean Kwong (second from left) arriving at the nomination centre with Penang DAP chief Karpal Singh (centre) and party secretary-general Mr Lim Kit Siang as well as other supporters

1992: Karpal (right) leaving the police headquarters in Penang with his son Gobind Singh.

Karpal Singh delivering his speech at the Thanksgiving Mega Ceramah by the Penang State Government at Esplanade, Padang Kota Lamal in George Town, Penang on May 18, 2013.

An old picture taken in 1985 that still stands proudly on Karpal Singh's office. It was taken by the Chinese press when the police tried to forcibly evict Karpal from the Penang State Assembly after he was "suspended". Karpal stood his ground and ordered the stunned cops out of his office. Not even the Penang Police Chief, the legendary Datuk Zaman Khan, was spared from Karpal's fury as the lawyer ordered him to pick up his bag which he had tossed on the floor.