The night the earth moved


Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. -Reuterspic

IT was a night when the earth moved as one Barisan parliamentary seat after another tumbled and shortly after 11pm last night, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad declared that Putrajaya had fallen to the Pakatan Harapan coalition.

The 93-year-old leader has stepped into a special place in Malaysian history, making a comeback to the job he left 15 years ago.

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Politics , GE14 , Mahathir , Najib. Merdeka Centre

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