Malaysia has an extra bit of interest in the outcome of the US presidential election. Obama’s brother-in-law is Malaysian.Â
An assistant professor at the University of Hawaii in Manoa (UHM), Ng, whose family originally comes from Sabah, is married to Obama’s half-sister Maya Soetoro.
Though Ng was actually born in Canada, he has relatives still living throughout Malaysia. Maya was born in Jakarta. They return to the area every few years to maintain close ties.
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