Former MIC president S Samy Vellu was happy as he spent his last days with his family before he died this morning, his son senator S Vell Paari shared.

“He was in quite a jovial mood, last night he said he wanted to eat fried rice and I got to cook it to how he wanted. Pass 10pm, he said he was tired, and we had better go back," Vell Paari said as he shared intimate details of his father when met at his father’s residence in Kuala Lumpur today.