Martin Khor

Illness and death In 2015, Khor was diagnosed with cancer and returned to his hometown, Penang, to fight it. He succumbed to it on the 1st of April 2020. His wake was held at the Mount Erskine funeral parlour and his funeral was held the next day at the same location under Covid restrictions. He was survived by a wife and a daughter. Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan paid tribute to him.

Quotes about the WSF: "That is a new global relationship between countries that promote the weak rather than the strong" WSF 2003 about the patent system and intellectual property in general: "One of the solutions is finding ways to promote innovation and to reward good work without necessarily using the intellectual property system, because it may not be the right system to provide rewards all the time." Scenarios for the future

Selected works The Malaysian Experience in Financial-Economic Crisis Management: An Alternative to the IMF-Style Approach (2005) 983-2729-40-8 (Publisher: Third World Network) Global Trends Series (2001–2019) 978-1842770559 All articles on series from 2003-2019 on Third World Network (Publishers: Zed Books and Third World Network)