The Hindu S. Samy Vellu, Chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress party. File photo
The leader of Malaysia’s main ethnic Indian party has stepped down after more than three decades at the helm.
S. Samy Vellu leaves a legacy tarnished by the 2008 general elections, when supporters abandoned him in droves over complaints that he was not doing enough for the largely Hindu Indian community in the Muslim-majority country.
Samy Vellu, 74, who had been the unchallenged head of the Malaysian Indian Congress party since 1979, announced his resignation at a party function Monday.
He is expected to formally hand over the party leadership to his deputy, G. Palanivel, later Monday.
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