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SINGAPORE (AFP) — The grand old man of Singapore's tiny political opposition, J. B. Jeyaretnam, died early Tuesday just days before a constitutional challenge he hoped would propel him back into parliament, his family said.
Jeyaretnam, 82, died from a heart attack at his son's home in Singapore, a relative told AFP from the family home in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Singapore's pro-government media flashed news of the veteran politician's death. There was no immediate reaction from government leaders.
Jeyaretnam, one of the rare few to speak out against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), made political history in 1981 when he became the first opposition politician elected to parliament, dominated by the PAP since 1959.
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