Former MIC president Palanivel passes away
PETALING JAYA : Former MIC president G Palanivel passed away at Kuala Lumpur Hospital this morning.
Palanivel, a former Cameron Highlands MP, joined MIC as an ordinary member in 1968.
He took over the leadership of the party when long-serving president S Samy Vellu stepped down in 2010.
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