SM Idris Leaves Behind a Potent Legacy for Penang
By Andrea Filmer
July 2019 IN MEMORIAM
May 17, 2019 saw the passing of activism stalwart SM Mohamed Idris at the age of 92. As the founding president of the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP), Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and a handful of other organizations, Idris lay the groundwork for action-based activism that always had one aim – preserving the world and making it a better place.CAP and SAM president SM Mohamed Idris.But before a lifelong journey of activism began, he was first a son and a brother.The third of five siblings, Idris was born in India in...
Andrea Filmer
is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.
