Despite being diagnosed with lung cancer in April last year, Haris Ibrahim returned to legal practice two months later.
David Soosay, Haris’s partner at his law firm, said the activist’s death was not just a big loss for the firm but also to the nation.A passionate man, Haris loved to serve the people and had sacrificed “quite a bit”, Soosay said. Adil Akbar hailed his uncle’s fighting spirit after Haris was diagnosed with lung cancer in April last year. Despite his illness, he returned to legal practice two months later.
Like Soosay, Adil praised Haris’s unwavering principles. While Haris was a staunch Pakatan Harapan supporter, it never prevented him from disagreeing with some of the coalition’s policies when it came to power in 2018.M Nandini said if he could describe his long-time friend in one word, it would be “integrity”.