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.