David Leung

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]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Leung.
David Leung Cheuk-yin

SC
梁卓然
Director of Public Prosecutions of the Department of Justice of Hong Kong
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byKeith Yeung
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong

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
  1. "Appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions (with photo)".
  2. "Senior barrister involved in Occupy trials named Hong Kong's new prosecutions chief".
Legal offices
Preceded by
Keith Yeung		 Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong
2017–present		 Incumbent


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