honestly, you sound like a person who does not travel widely.. have met Thais who look Chinese but are 100% Thai..have met Arabs who look like Europeans but only 100% Arabic..have met Europeans who look like Mid Easterners but are 100% Caucasian..please get out more often and you will realize the world is a very interesting and diverse place..hell have even met Hispanics who look like Mats but are not
btw, these 2 chaps not Malays..
Wow! the expert speaks! Seriously you can even show the pictures of those 2 especially the shorter one on the left to a malay, filippino and an indian and they'll probably tell you themselves that they look like flips or malays definitely not indian. Even the indian guy will say they look more like malay.
On the issue of thais looking like chinese. Here's something for you to ponder on. The original thai ppl came from china. Of course they look chinese. They look chinese but don't practice chinese culture. They conquered the south east asian region even up to johor and what else those malay looking ppl took up thai culture. The original thai ppl come from china and thus look chinese. The malay looking thais aren't the original thais.
ON the issue of europeans looking like arabs. Do you know how close the middle east is to countries like italy and north africa? I see you were very careful on your wording using europeans. But let's be honest about it. Some white ppl don't consider southern europeans as white ppl or ang moh. Some anglos only consider WASPs as ang moh so dark skinned italian guy isn't actually a "caucasian" mind you the word "caucasian" in this context means a white blond haired person just like how "asian" in the US means specifically an east asian person and not an indian even though india is in asia.
Back to the issue at hand. Cheap move from you. Those 2 indians sure look like m&ds you sure they aren't 100% indian or paki or whatever?