US envoy spends three hours at Kek Lok Si Temple


Ven Seck Jit Heng (right) briefing Lakhdhir about the jade Buddha statue (left). With them are Ven Xian Guan (third left), Ooi (blue shirt) and other delegates.

UNITED States ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been to Penang many times but had never been to the 129-year-old Kek Lok Si Temple in Ayer Itam.

“I’ve been to Penang over 20 times but this is my first visit to this temple.

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