Former Malaysian minister Khairy Jamaluddin is still sporting the beard he has had since the day Barisan Nasional, the then ruling coalition, was toppled on the night of May 9, 2018.
The rugged look seems to mark how his situation has changed as he went from a rising star in Umno to an opposition member of Parliament. Or as one Khairy-watcher put it: "Could be his way of saying that politics is tough and rough".
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