Meet the American who has called Malaysia home for over 40 years


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Ruffin has been living in Malaysia for more than four decades. — Bernama

Forty-four years ago, Mark Ruffin set foot for the first time in Malaysia and never did he think that he would one day call this place “home”.

The 66-year-old American man said the beauty of Malaysia and the uniqueness of its multi-racial and multi-religious society had truly made him fall in love with the country, and its people.

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