Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
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.
Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim | |
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| 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 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.