Presenter of ‘Step Forward’ turns heads when he speaks in fluent Mandarin


PETALING JAYA: Born and bred Malay but with a bit of an apek (elderly Chinese man) inside – that is how Chinese television presenter and Suria FM radio host Zahamin Baki Zainal describes himself.

After studying for 10 years at a Chinese school in Johor, Zahamin – popularly known as Baki – said he was often mistaken for a Chinese by strangers.

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