{"id":12787,"date":"2025-12-25T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/indian-origin-former-lawyer-who-represented-death-row-inmates-dies-in-singapore\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:18:18","slug":"indian-origin-former-lawyer-who-represented-death-row-inmates-dies-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/indian-origin-former-lawyer-who-represented-death-row-inmates-dies-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian-origin former lawyer who represented death row inmates dies in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Indian-origin former lawyer, Ravi Madasamy, who was widely known for representing death row inmates in Singapore, reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday, December 24. <\/p>\n

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M Ravi had several brushes with the law, including being fined for disorderly behaviour in 2004 and being sentenced to 4 weeks’ jail in 2024. (@MRavilaw\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Ravi, 56, practised law for more than 25 years, representing death row inmates and supporting the abolition of the death penalty, The Straits Times, a Singapore daily, reported. <\/p>\n

Ravi was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2006.<\/p>\n

At 5:41 am local time, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call to attend an urgent case in an apartment, the report said. When police reached the location, the man who had called said that Ravi “had taken drugs a few hours earlier” and added that he was showing concerning symptoms.<\/p>\n

Ravi, who was unconscious, was taken to the hospital and was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the police informed that Ravi’s friend has been arrested by the Central Narcotics Bureau for a suspected drug-related offence.<\/p>\n

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Who was Ravi Madasamy?<\/h2>\n

Ravi Madasamy graduated from the National University of Singapore and went to Britain to study law. In 2019, he founded his own law firm, M Ravi Law. He dedicated his life to advocating for human rights, decriminalisation of homosexuality and the abolition of the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Ravi also had several brushes with the law, including being fined for disorderly behaviour in 2004 and being sentenced to 4 weeks’ jail in 2024. In 2006, he was reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

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Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam, who had previously served as Ravi’s counsel, said that he “was a man who stood up for and fought hard in court for what he believed in”.<\/p>\n

“He has contributed to and will be missed by the legal profession,” The Straits Times quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the police said that they don’t suspect foul play and that the cause of death can be confirmed only after the post-mortem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An Indian-origin former lawyer, Ravi Madasamy, who was widely known for representing death row inmates in Singapore, reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday, December 24. M Ravi had several brushes with the law, including being fined for disorderly behaviour in 2004 and being sentenced to 4 weeks’ jail in 2024. (@MRavilaw\/X) Ravi, 56,…<\/p>\n

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