Singapore, Dec. 10 -- One of Malaysia's longest-serving Cabinet ministers, Tun S. Samy Vellu, is not mentally fit to manage his affairs due to dementia, his son has claimed.
Datuk Seri S. Vell Paari has filed an application to seek a court declaration that his 82-year-old father - a political icon in the late 1980s and into the 1990s - is not able to defend himself after legal cases were filed against him, local media reported.
His son said Mr Samy Vellu was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago.
"Because he has dementia, my father has poor recall and registration of certain events. Consequently, he needs to be assisted in managing his personal and financial affairs," Mr Vell Paari said in a statement yesterday.
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