See Kee Oon
See Kee Oon | |
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施奇恩 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2017 | |
| Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 14 April 2014[1] | |
| Presiding Judge of the State Courts of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Tan Siong Thye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 54–55) Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore Hughes Hall, Cambridge |
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| Simplified Chinese | 施奇恩 | ||
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See Kee Oon (born 1966) is a Singaporean judge who is currently a Judge of the Supreme Court and the Presiding Judge of the State Courts.
Education[]
See received a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1991 and obtained a Master of Laws (first class honours) from the University of Cambridge in 1994. He also holds a Master of Public Management from the NUS's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Career[]
See joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1991 and was appointed as a Deputy Registrar and Magistrate in the Subordinate Courts (now State Courts).[2] From 1995 to 1997, he served as a Justices' Law Clerk before becoming a District Judge in 1998. As a District Judge, he heard a variety of cases in the criminal, civil and family courts until 2007, when he became Head of the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office. In November 2009, See was reappointed as a District Judge and subsequently made Senior District Judge, heading the Criminal Justice Division of the Subordinate Courts.
On 1 October 2013, See became the Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts[3] and a member of a committee to guide the development of the Singapore University of Social Sciences's School of Law.[4] On 14 April 2014, he was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner and Presiding Judge of the State Courts. On 31 January 2017, he was promoted to Judge of the Supreme Court.[5][6]
One case presided by See was the trial of Gaiyathiri Murugayan, who was charged with the abuse and murder of Piang Ngaih Don, a Myanmar national who was her domestic maid. Gaiyathiri was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and voluntarily causing hurt to the maid, and sentenced to a total of 30 years' imprisonment. See described the case as one of the worst cases of culpable homicide Singapore has ever seen, and described that the degree of callousness and violence was so shocking that no suitable words could adequately describe the inhumane year-long mistreatment, assault and starvation, which the maid was subjected to.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Judge of Appeal reappointed and Judicial Commissioner appointed at the Supreme Court". AsiaOne. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Steering committee for UniSIM law school unveiled" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/see-kee-oon-chua-lee-ming-appointed-as-judges-of-the-high-court
- ^ "30 years' jail for woman who starved and tortured Myanmar maid to death". The Straits Times. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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- 1966 births
- Singaporean people of Hokkien descent
- Living people
- National University of Singapore alumni
- Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore