Samy Vellu

Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu RIBA (8 March 1936 – 15 September 2022) was a Malaysian politician. He was the longest-serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition, holding the position from 1979 to 2010, for 11 consecutive terms.

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things
ISBN 978-983-43596-6-9
 * The people who bought the houses are from the lower income group and they have been waiting for their houses to be ready for the last 12 years.
 * on an abandoned housing scheme in Sungai Limau, as quoted in The Star, 21 November 2000
 * I have also directed the Kedah Public Works Department to immediately supply poped water to 50 households at Kilang Lama Village. They have been without this basiuc amenity for about 43 years.