by Theleaders-Online | October 16, 2019 1:08 am
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president Senator Datuk M Sambanthan passed away yesterday night.
He was 54.
His second son, S Ganesh Kumar said his father died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at 11.35 pm yesterday due to a cardiac arrest.
The funeral is scheduled for today at his house in Semenyih.
“My father was admitted into IJN for a week and went through a bypass operation on Sunday. He was normal after that and his pulse was alright as well.
“But he suddenly suffered another heart attack,” he told Bernama when contacted.
Sambanthan is survived by his wife M Jayalakshmi, 52, and three sons including Ganesh and one daughter.
Bernama
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