M Ravi known in real life as Ravi Madasamy, is a Singaporean human rights lawyer and activist.
M Ravi Age
He is 54 years old.
M Ravi Nationality
Singaporean
M Ravi Biography
Ravi was born on 9 April 1969,
After attending Deyi Secondary School
and Anderson Junior College, he graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelors of Arts degree in political science and sociology. He subsequently read a second bachelor’s degree in law from Cardiff University.
After graduating from the National University of Singapore and Cardiff University, Ravi qualified and practised law in Singapore.
Ravi was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2006, a condition his mother had.
M Ravi Parents
His father was a construction worker and one-time thief, while his mother was a housewife. In his memoirs, he describes his father as “too fond of the bottle, and… beatings he rendered to his wife and children”
M Ravi Siblings
He is the sixth of seven children, to parents of Tamil descent.
M Ravi Wife
Unknown
M Ravi Career
Known for his work as a cause lawyer, he has served as counsel in multiple high-profile court cases in Singapore, many of which have become leading cases in Singaporean constitutional law and Singapore’s approach toward capital punishment and LGBT rights.
Ravi is an activist for death penalty abolition and LGBT rights. He ran for election during the 2015 general election as a member of the Reform Party in contesting Ang Mo Kio GRC but lost to the governing People’s Action Party.
In 2011, Ravi launched a constitutional challenge in the High Court of Singapore after his client, Tan Eng Hong, was arrested and charged under section 377A of the penal code, which criminalises gay sex
In 2019, Ravi began representing Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, a Malaysian citizen sentenced to death for smuggling drugs into Singapore. On appeal, Ravi argued that Nagaenthran was intellectually disabled, an argument that was dismissed.
The case drew the attention of international activists, including Richard Branson, who criticised the court’s decision and Singapore’s use of the death penalty.
Branson’s activism led Law Minister K Shanmugam to publicly challenge Branson to a live debate on the death penalty, which Branson declined. In Branson’s response, he described Ravi as “courageous”
In 2008, he represented opposition party politician Chee Soon Juan and his sister in a defamation lawsuit waged by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Reuters and the New York Times, in their reporting of the suit, noted that the waging of lawsuits by Singaporean political leaders have been criticised by some as attempts to “cripple opposition politicians”.
Ravi would later defend other opposition-party politicians in legal challenges, including Roy Ngerng, when sued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defamation.
Daniel de Costa, who was charged with criminal defamation for op-eds written on members of the Singapore cabinet; and John Tan, who applied for a declaration that his contempt of court conviction did not disqualify him from standing for elections.
In 2014, he was awarded the Asia Pink Award, an LGBT rights advocacy prize by Element Magazine, for his pro-bono work in challenging the legality of Section 377A.
In 2017, Ravi was ordered to undergo mandatory treatment after he attacked fellow lawyer and opposition party politician Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, whilst experiencing a manic episode.
In 2023, Ravi was charged with assault and disorderly behaviour in public for allegedly slapping a man and making loud incoherent noises at Yio Chu Kang MRT station
.
Consequently, he was ordered to be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for a medical examination.
In 2018, Ravi was sentenced to an 18-month mandatory treatment order after assaulting Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, a fellow lawyer and opposition politician. Ravi, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2006, had to undergo treatment to address his mental condition, in lieu of jail time.
M Ravi Net Worth
Unknown
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