Road renamed to honour Samy Vellu's services, contributions: MPKK president

Samy Vellu, who was Sungai Siput MP from 1974 to 2008 and Works Minister (1979 to 1989), died at the age of 86 last September. theSun thesundaily SamyVellu SungaiSiput MPKK

: The road that has been renamed Jalan Tun Dr Samy Vellu on a stretch that begins at the Kinta-Kuala Kangsar district border and ends at the junction of Taman Makmur in Sungai Siput, Perak is a tribute to the services of the late former MIC president.

“It is indeed appropriate because Tun was the longest-elected parliamentarian to serve Sungai Siput and was a senior minister in the Cabinet,” he told reporters after attending the MPKK Council meeting here today. Samy Vellu, who was Sungai Siput MP from 1974 to 2008 and Works Minister , died at the age of 86 last September.

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