It was way past bedtime, but the hundreds of faces gathered under a large white gazebo in Alor Setar were bright as day as they cheered the historic victory of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the election.
Young women wearing the tudung whizzed around on motorcycles, and special-effect red smoke puffed up in the sky.
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