Friend: Wong knew the importance of national language

Sorry for your loss: Abdul Majid (second from right) extending his condolences to Wong’s family at the Nirvana Memorial Centre in Kuala Lumpur. — CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Upon returning to Malaysia after reading law in the United Kingdom, the late Tan Sri Wong Mook Leong made it a point to learn to speak Malay and understand Malay culture and customs.

Abdul Majid Baharom, who was among those paying their last respects to the late MCA veteran, said he was working at the Education Ministry when a friend introduced him to Wong.