Malaysia
is located in Southeastern Asia. There are two distinct parts to Malaysia being
Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the East. Peninsular Malaysia
is located south of Thailand, north of Singapore and east of the Indonesian
island of Sumatra. East Malaysia is located on the island of Borneo and shares
borders with Brunei and Indonesia.Half of the population of Malaysia today are the Malays. The Malays originated from the Malayo-Polynesian group of races. They first reached the Peninsula around 2000bc from Yunnan, China.
