PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar, who revolutionised and modernised the countrys rubber industry and put the crop on the world map, died of a heart attack in India yesterday morning. He was 77.
Sekhar, fondly known as Mr Natural Rubber, died at the Kalayappa Hospital in Chennai at 9am (5am India time).
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