KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Former MIC president S Samy Vellu has passed away.
“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I received the tragic news of the demise of Tun Samy Vellu, the former MIC president and a legendary minister in the Malaysian Cabinet, from his son, Vell Paari,” said former MIC president Dr S Subramaniam in a Facebook post.
“To many of us, he was the ultimate mentor.”
Samy Vellu, who was 86, was the Sungai Siput MP from 1974 to 2008 and served as works minister from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2008.
He was the longest-serving MIC president after holding the position for 31 years from 1979.
He was also one of the longest-serving ministers, having been in the Cabinet for 29 years.
