Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president Senator M Sambanthan passed away last night. He was 54.

His second son, Ganesh Kumar, said Sambanthan died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at 11.35pm due to a cardiac arrest.

The funeral is scheduled today at his house in Semenyih.

“My father was admitted into IJN for a week and went through a bypass operation on Sunday (Oct 13). He was normal and his pulse at normal rate.

“But he suddenly, he suffered another heart attack,” Ganesh said when contacted.

Sambanthan is survived by his wife M Jayalakshmi, 52, and three sons, including Ganesh, and one daughter.

- Bernama