KUALA LUMPUR: Jamaluddin Ibrahim, with distinctive Malay features, speaks fluent Mandarin although his Bahasa Malaysia is halting.
Even his English is Chinese-accented.
A Malay at heart: Jamaluddin’s mother Shamsiah Fakeh, brought him and his brothers up as Muslims while living in China.
“Mandarin is my first language, actually,” says the soft-spoken educationist in his thick Beijing accent during an interview at the Swiss Garden Hotel.
Jamaluddin is one of the guests on a Chinese New Year...
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