KUALA LUMPUR: MIC leaders are shocked and outraged over the brutal slaying of MIC Johor deputy chief Datuk S. Krishnasamy. <\/p>\n
\n<\/table>\n Krishnasamy, 61, who was also the Tenggaroh state assemblyman, was at the Johor MIC headquarters to attend a meeting when unidentified gunmen shot him at close range while he was in the lift. Krishnasamy died shortly after the incident yesterday afternoon. <\/p>\n
MIC president and Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who was in India attending the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2008 meeting, expressed shock over the murder. "I am saddened by his sudden death. Such incidents should never have taken place," Samy Vellu said in a statement.
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"We have lost a warrior who fights for the people. Krishnasamy was a capable and dedicated leader. "He was also a personal friend and he had always been a people's person," said Samy Vellu. In extending his condolences to Krishnasamy's family, Samy Vellu said he was leaving it to the police to investigate the killing.<\/p>\n
MIC vice-president Datuk S. Veerasingam condemned the incident as ruthless and inhumane. "This is not the first time such an incident, involving an MIC member, had taken place. I do not understand why such things happen," said Veerasingam.<\/p>\n
Putera MIC leader P. Kamalanathan, who was also a personal friend of the victim, said Krishnasamy was one of the most vocal politicians who had championed youth programmes in the party and in Johor. "He had always supported the MIC education bureau by voicing education-related matters and took a personal interest in helping deserving youth to succeed," said Kamalanathan.<\/p>\n
Krishnasamy, a former contractor, had been actively involved in politics since 1995 and won the rural state seat of Tenggaroh for three terms. He was also a member of the MIC central working committee. Krishnasamy is survived by his wife, N. Sornavalli, and four children.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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