Chinese nationals who came, saw and conquered BM


A touch of Malaysia: Cui (second from right), his wife and two sons have adapted well to local culture.

PETALING JAYA: Ismail Nuh Cui Wei, a Chinese national from Lanzhou city, speaks Bahasa Malaysia so fluently that he is indistinguishable from a local.

It’s quite a feat as he did not know a single Malay word when he arrived in Malaysia in 1995. But he picked up the language within two years while he was a student in Terengganu.

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