Former Hong Kong judge Mr Justice McMullin dies in Sydney at age 94
The Irish judge served in colonial Hong Kong from 1961 to 1986 and then became a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal from 1997 to 2003
Mr Justice Arthur Michael McMullin, 94, who served as a judge in Hong Kong for about three decades from 1961, died earlier this month at his home in Sydney, Australia.
Most of his time spent on the bench was under British colonial rule. He later served as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal from 1997 to 2003.
McMullin died on March 10 of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and eight grandchildren.
Two of his daughters recalled the kindness and humility of the Irish judge, who is remembered as someone who would pray and even visit those he convicted to long sentences.
“He was never seduced by power and he treated everyone he met with kindness. He would be exactly the same to the cleaner or the attorney general,” his daughter Gabrielle McMullin,60, said.
Several people from Hong Kong, including ex-judges who attended his funeral held appropriately on Saint Patrick’s Day, shared stories that not even his family had heard of.