Keith Yeung

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The Honourable Mr Justice
Keith Yeung Kah-hung
SC
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 byKevin Zervos
Succeeded byDavid Leung
Personal details
Born1964 (age 57–58)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Keith Yeung Kah-hung
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊家雄
Simplified Chinese杨家雄
Vietnamese name
VietnameseDuong Gia-Hung

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.

Legal career[]

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 .[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[]

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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Judicial appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Director of Public Prosecutions". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Barrister Keith Yeung to be first Hong Kong Chinese chief prosecutor". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Keith Yeung appointed High Court judge". The Standard. 2 July 2019.
Legal offices
Preceded by Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
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