Mokhtar bin Hashim (1 May 1942[1] – 18 November 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports (1980–1983).
[2] He was convicted for the 1982 murder of a rival politician, Negeri Sembilan Assembly Speaker Taha Talib, but the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
He was ultimately granted a royal pardon in 1991.
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