He also played for the Malaysia national football team, debuting in the 1975 SEAP Games.
He was also a full-time staff at Lembaga Letrik Negara (currently known as Tenaga Nasional Berhad), along with his childhood friend and teammate in Kedah and Malaysia, Khor Sek Leng (later known as Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah).
Viatilingam died at Pantai Hospital, Penang on 1 April 2012 caused by brain tumor.
At 60 years old at the time of his death, Viatilingam leaves behind his only son V.Thanabalan, as his wife had died 8 months earlier.
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