Kuok: Ruthless Chinese also devastated many parts of SEA


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 26 Nov 2017

PETALING JAYA: While praising Chinese contribution to South East Asia, Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok (pic) said some ruthless Chinese had also devastated many parts of the region.

In excerpts of his memoir published in South China Morning Post, Kuok said he remembered being invited to a brainstorming seminar in Jakarta when Indonesia was under General Suharto and he talked about the migrant Chinese.

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