“I'm sorry, I don't consider myself a Chinese, I am a Malaysian.”

— Lim Guan Eng

Lim Guan Eng (2018) cited in " Lim Guan Eng Is Our New Finance Minister http://says.com/my/news/lim-guan-eng-is-the-new-finance-minister" on SAYS, 12 May 2018

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Finance Minister of Malaysia 1960

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