Guan Eng: Samy Vellu fought ferociously, but never got personal

Tributes are pouring for former MIC president S Samy Vellu, who passed away this morning. Politicians from the other side of the political divide also paid their respects to the late politician. DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng recalled that his most enduring recollection of Samy was the great respect the latter had for his father, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang. "He also 'recruited' me to criticise him on Indian issues in Parliament by disclosing on the quiet the necessary information, so that he can ask for more on behalf of the Indian community in the cabinet. He would then give me the OK sign after getting the extra allocation. "In his waning years, he repeatedly warned me against (PKR president) Anwar (Ibrahim), possibly because Anwar was hard on him in the cabinet over the Maika scandal exposed by Kit Siang. Whatever our political differences, he never took things personally. Rest in peace," said the Bagan MP.