KUALA LUMPUR: National sports icon and Olympic Council of Malaysia's Honorary Life President Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah (pix) passed away at 3.30pm Tuesday due to old age. He was 88.
Born in Pekan, Pahang in 1924, Hamzah, a Malay College Kuala Kangsar student who pursued a law degree at the Gray's Inn in England in 1953, started his political career as Raub MP (1967-1978) and Temerloh MP (1978-1980).
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