By AFPMore by this AuthorSYDNEYAustralia's oldest scientist, who caused a stir when his university tried to vacate his office aged 102, will fly to Switzerland in early May to end his life, reigniting a national euthanasia debate. ASSISTED SUICIDE"I greatly regret having reached that age," the ecologist told broadcaster ABC on his birthday earlier this month. "My feeling is that an old person like myself should have full citizenship rights including the right of assisted suicide," he added. And a person should not be forced to leave home to achieve it," it said on its website Monday. Goodall, an honorary research associate at Perth's Edith Cowan University, made international headlines in 2016 when he was declared unfit to be on campus.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2018 07:41 UTC