KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's industrial production grew faster than expected in January, rising 4.3% from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday.

The rate of expansion was the quickest since May last year, when factory output rose 4.7%.

January's output had been forecast to expand 2%, according to 11 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.

(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)