Relief and sorrow as Geely gets behind Proton's wheel

Kuala Lumpur

THE part sale of Proton to a foreign company 35 years after it was established has prompted relief among Malaysians frustrated at having to continually prop up the carmaker, but sorrow in its originator Mahathir Mohamad.

Shares of DRB-Hicom which sold a 49.9 per cent stake in Proto…