Ex-Malaysian journalist wins NZ mayor’s post, again

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K Gurunathan and wife Clare.PETALING JAYA: Being an Indian-Malaysian migrant and facing white contenders in an election for the post of mayor in New Zealand seems a daunting one.Not for Penang-born K Gurunathan. Not only did he win the elections in the city of Kapiti Coast in 2016, he went on to retain his mayoral post early this year, an endorsement of his leadership in that part of the world.The former journalist attributed his success to a society which recognises talent irrespective of colour or creed, track record and meritocracy, something he says Malaysians should emulate.Gurunathan is among many successful Malaysians hogging the local media of late with their successes abroad.The others include Jocelyn Yow, the 25-year-old Malaysian of Chinese-Vietnamese descent who is set to become mayor of Eastvale, a town of 55,000 located an hour east of Los Angeles, California.Gur…