KUALA KANGSAR: A road here has been renamed Jalan Tun Dr Samy Vellu as a tribute to the late former MIC president in recognition of his services.
The stretch begins at the Kinta-Kuala Kangsar district border and ends at the junction of Taman Makmur in Sungai Siput, Perak.
"He 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 on Friday . Samy Vellu, who was Sungai Siput MP from 1974 to 2008 and works minister from 1979 to 1989, died at the age of 86 last September.
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