Ethnic Chinese named Malaysia's new finance minister

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has appointed an ethnic Chinese as finance minister, the first ethnic minority to hold the powerful post in 44 years. In addition to naming Lim Guan Eng, a former state chief minister, as finance minister, Mahathir on Saturday also ...

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