Former Selangor assemblyman Dato V.L. Kanthan dies at 89
Dato V.L. Kanthan, a former Selangor state assemblyman and MIC youth division leader, died yesterday at the age of 89. He represented the Sungai Way constituency in 1978 and 1982 and was known for speeding up plantation worker home ownership schemes in the state. A resettlement area at the eighth mile of Jalan Puchong is named Taman Dato Kanthan in his honour.