I have never met our Mr. P, who has the same name as Tun Suffian, one of the greatest Malaysian who ever lived. So, can anyone tell me whether our Mr. P shares any of the personality of his more famous namesake? :)

Who is Tun Suffian?

Tun Mohamed Suffian Hashim (November 12, 1917–September 26, 2000) was a Malaysian judge, eventually serving as Lord President of the Federal Court from 1974 to 1982. (Note : Lord President was formerly the title of the head of the judiciary in Malaysia, i.e. the No. 1 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.

Tun Suffian read law at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge before becoming a member of Middle Temple. He also held an honorary LL.D. from the National University of Singapore and an honorary D.Litt from University of Malaya.

Tun Suffian had a long association with the Constitution of Malaysia, first with its drafting and then with its operation as a member of the Legal Department, and finally with its interpretation from 1961 when he was elevated to the bench of the Federal Court.

He had served as the Pro-Chancellor of University of Malaya.

In 1975, his outstanding record as a public servant won international recognition in Manila, the Philippines, where he received a Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Tun Suffian was known for his integrity, humility, compassion and independence. After his retirement in 1982, he frequently voiced out in public and private of his disappointment of how what took generations to build could be destroyed in a day and would take years to rebuild.

The rot began, he often said, when the sixth Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas, was dismissed from his post during the 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis.*

Tun Suffian, of "Suff" to his friends, did not, at much personal cost, flinch from his criticism at this destruction of what was once a well-regarded judiciary. He was so isolated officially that to many he did not exist. The media ignored him. But it bothered him not.

He died on 26 September 2000 and was laid to rest at the Perak royal mausoleum near Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Perak at the order of Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, who succeeded him as Lord President in 1982.

Footnote : (1) *This is widely considered to be the event that triggered a marked reduction in the independence of the Malaysian judiciary. The judiciary never recovered until now as demonstrated by the Royal Commission Of Inquiry formed in late 2007 to enquire into the V.K. Lingam video clip.

(2) The material for this essay is taken from various authors and sources.

Ken Wong, just join KV TT la..

you're from KL rite...???
come la to KV TT...
then you'll know...

Our President is double Tun....power leh

like rev was saying..there is only 1 TUN in LGTC.. and it is not me..!!

that one "Tun Cicak"

Since I was the one that originally gave Infernus his Tun-ship, I shall now confer on you your official title... "Datuk Sea-ri Suff". Sound ok or not? :)

for a president, datuk is low la.. give him Tan Sea-ri la..

Haha, ya, you are right, every Tom, d*ck and Harry can be Datuk nowadays. So seamaster will now be Tan Sea-ri henceforth :)

But I kipas kuat woh......surely this is worth buying me 2 teh tarik.....

Ken..u caome to TT.. i will buy you the Teh tarik..!!

oit.. sejak bila bagi Tan Sea-ri? ayoo.. just call me pyan enough la...