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Congratulations and praise from Malaysians over Jocelyn Yow's appointment as a mayor in a city in the United States has come as a surprise to the 25-year-old.
In an interview with Malaysiakini, Yow said she did not expect that her achievement would make headlines in her father's country of birth.
'Absolutely (surprised) I did not expect the news to travel all the way back to Malaysia,' she was quoted as saying.
Yow was elected as the mayor of the city of Eastvale in California, with a population of...