Eusoffe Abdoolcader

[3] As an advocate at the Bar, Abdoolcader was unsurpassed in his knowledge of the law and unmatchable in his advocacy, earning him a reputation as a formidable opponent.

[3] Lawyers and laymen alike were awed by his brilliance and his intellectual prowess, which he defused only by his dry sense of humour.

His father, Sir Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader, was a prominent lawyer, community leader and politician.

Husein also made a name for himself in the Straits Settlement as the first Malayan Indian to be knighted by King George VI in 1948.

On 11 January 1996, following the death of his wife, Eusoffe committed suicide in his Taman Jesselton home.