Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim

Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
Suffian in c. 1959
Lord President of the Federal Court
In office
1 May 1974 – 12 November 1982
Preceded byMohamed Azmi Mohamed
Succeeded byRaja Azlan Shah
Personal details
Born(1917-11-12)12 November 1917
Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died26 September 2000(2000-09-26) (aged 82)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Resting placeAl-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
ProfessionBarrister, Judge

Tun Mohamed Suffian bin Mohamed Hashim (12 November 1917 – 26 September 2000) was a Malaysian judge, eventually serving as Lord President of the Federal Court from 1974 to 1982.[1] He had previously served as Chief Justice of Malaya.

Tun Suffian was born in 1917 in Kota Lama Kiri, a small village on the banks of Sungai Perak near Kuala Kangsar and went to the Malay School, Lenggong and Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, before going to England on a Queen's scholarship in 1936.[2]

During World War II, unable to return home from England because of the Japanese Occupation, he worked as a news broadcaster and commentator with the All-India Radio, New Delhi, and later with the BBC in London where he acquired an interest in current affairs and in lucid writing.[2]

  1. ^ "Mantan Ketua Hakim Negara | Portal Rasmi Pejabat Ketua Pendaftar Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia". www.kehakiman.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "THE LATE TUN SUFFIAN: A Tribute to Malaysia's Greatest Judicial Figure". The Malaysian Bar. Retrieved 25 August 2018.