Keith Yeung Kah-hung SC (Chinese: 楊家雄) is a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong, and was previously the 5th Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.
The Honourable Mr Justice Keith Yeung Kah-hung | |
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楊家雄 | |
| Judge of the Court of First Instance | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions | |
| In office 9 September 2013 – 8 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Zervos |
| Succeeded by | David Leung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊家雄 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨家雄 | ||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Duong Gia-Hung | ||||||||||||
Legal career edit
Keith Yeung - Dương Gia-hùng received an LLB in 1986 and a PCLL in 1987 from the University of Hong Kong.[1]
Yeung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987 and was a barrister in private practice between 1988 and 2013. He was a member of Plowman Chambers.[2] He took silk in 2009.[1]
On 1 August 2013, Yeung was appointed as the Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.[3] He was the first ethnic Chinese to take up this post.[4]
Judicial career edit
Yeung sat as a Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong for periods in 2013, 2018 and 2019.[1]
On 29 July 2019, Yeung was appointed a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong.[1][5]
Yeung was the Returning Officer for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Judicial appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of Director of Public Prosecutions". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Barrister Keith Yeung to be first Hong Kong Chinese chief prosecutor". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Keith Yeung appointed High Court judge". The Standard. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "G.N.(E.) 144" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 33, Vol. 26 (Extraordinary), 27 January 2022)