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 by | Mohamed Azmi Mohamed |
| Succeeded by | Raja Azlan Shah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1917 Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 26 September 2000 (aged 82) Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Barrister, 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. 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.
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.