Produced by MBF Automobile Sdn. Bhd in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur under license.

Nope, the Malaysian cars had the stock grille (at least mine did) and was not connected directly to the Chinese ones

I owned a 94 XJ Cherokee when I lived in Malaysia, they were assembled locally. RHD, Manual with a 4cyl petrol - no better or worse build quality then you would expect from an XJ in the US or Australia.