first time i heard abt this actually...
The Malays originated in Yunnan, China. They Proto-Malays were
also known as Jakun.
They were seafaring people. Probably because of their seafaring way
of life or trading, they were believed to have lived in coastal
Borneo. They then expanded into Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. A
Portuguese historian, Godinho de Eredia, referred to the Malays as
Saletes (Orang Selat, or People of the Straits).
The Malays played a major part in the Making of great Malay empires
of Malacca and Johor. Present day Malays of the Peninsula and the
coasts of the Malay Archipelago are described anthropologically as
deutero-Malays. They are descendants of the tribal proto-Malays
mixed with modern Indian, Thai, Arab and Chinese blood.
No wonder some natives from china ..taiwan.. look malay..
lol
