Article: Ex-veep: Samy Vellu at fault for comment

R. Sittamparam
New Straits Times
09-17-2009
Ex-veep: Samy Vellu at fault for comment
Byline: R. Sittamparam
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

KUALA LUMPUR: A one-time comrade of Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the MIC president should be held responsible for the "garland of slippers" comment during the party's general assembly last weekend.

Datuk V. Govindaraj, a former party vice-president who had shared the political and theatrical stages with Samy Vellu in their younger days, lodged a police report against Samy Vellu for allowing an MIC delegate to insult former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad with the remark.
"Having chaired the meeting, Samy Vellu holds the ...

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