David Leung
David Leung Cheuk-yin | |
|---|---|
梁卓然 | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions of the Department of Justice of Hong Kong | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Yeung |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
David Leung Cheuk-yin, SC (Chinese: 梁卓然) is the 6th Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, having taken up the post on 29 December 2017.[1]
He was educated at the University of Hong Kong, before becoming a solicitor in 1992. He joined the Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice in 1995, and subsequently was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1998 and held a number of senior roles in the Division, including serving as Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in 2012. He became a Senior Counsel in 2015.[1]
Rimsky Yuen, SC, Hong Kong's third Secretary for Justice, described Leung as “the in-house expert on the law relating to public order events … and cost matters”. Leung has been involved in a number of high-profile prosecutions, including those around the 2014 Hong Kong protests, 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest, and the legality of Uber's operation in Hong Kong.[2]
Personal life
Leung's wife is also a senior prosecutor.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions (with photo)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Senior barrister involved in Occupy trials named Hong Kong's new prosecutions chief".
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