SINGAPORE: Law Society president, Adrian Tan, died on Saturday (Jul 8), after battling cancer for more than a year. He was 57. Mr Tan, a partner at TSMP Law Corporation, was diagnosed with cancer in March last year and went public last July about his condition in a post on professional netw
SINGAPORE: Law Society president, Adrian Tan, died on Saturday , after battling cancer for more than a year. He was 57.
He described how he began to feel ill a month before his diagnosis but had brushed it off. It was only when he"felt so bad" that he saw a doctor and was then diagnosed with cancer. Mr Tan, who began his tenure as LawSoc president on Jan 1, 2022, had been a vocal presence on social media on a range of subjects, from the legal industry to social issues.
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