Michelle Yeoh now an IOC member

Fresh face: Yeoh, seen here with Todt, on the final day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, yesterday, where she was one of eight new members voted in. — Photo taken from Yeoh’s Facebook page

MUMBAI: Malaysia’s Oscar-winning actor Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has been voted into the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award – when she scooped best actress for Everything Everywhere All At Once earlier this year – was elected by 67 votes to nine, with one abstention.