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Peter Nguyen (artist)
Peter Nguyen may refer to: *Peter Nguyen (judge) (1943–2020), the first Director of Public Prosecution of Asian descent in Hong Kong history *Peter Nguyen Van Hung Peter Nguyen Van Hung ( vi, Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hùng; zh, t=阮文雄, p=Ruǎn Wénxióng; born 1958) is a Vietnamese Australian Catholic priest and human rights activist in Taiwan. He was recognized by the United States Department of S ... (born 1958), Vietnamese Australian Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist See also * Pierre Nguyen (other) {{hndis, Nguyen, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nguyen (judge)
Peter Van Tu Nguyen (, Yuen Wan-tsz, vi, Phêrô Nguyễn Vân-từ; 1 October 1943 – 16 June 2020), was a judge and Queen's Counsel from Hong Kong. Nguyen was born in Vietnam and moved to Hong Kong in 1948. He served as the Crown Prosecutor of Hong Kong between 1994 and 1997, and was the first Director of Public Prosecution of Asian descent in the territory. He went on to serve as a judge in the Court of First Instance of the territory's High Court in 1997 until retirement in 2008. In 1999, he served as the presiding judge in the Hello Kitty murder case. He was succeeded by Grenville Cross Ian Grenville Cross (, born 15 June 1951) is a British barrister who was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Hong Kong on 15 October 1997, and held this post for over 12 years, until 21 October 2009. He was the first DPP to be a ... as the Crown Prosecutor. He later served as a member of Torture Claims Appeal Board. Nguyen died at home on 16 June 2020. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nguyen Van Hung
Peter Nguyen Van Hung ( vi, Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hùng; zh, t=阮文雄, p=Ruǎn Wénxióng; born 1958) is a Vietnamese Australian Catholic priest and human rights activist in Taiwan. He was recognized by the United States Department of State as a "hero acting to end modern day slavery". Early life Peter Nguyen Van Hung grew up in a lower-middle-class family outside of Bình Tuy Province in South Vietnam, with two brothers and five sisters. His father was a fisherman, but died after a long battle with illness, forcing his mother, a devout Catholic with roots in the country's north, to become the family's main breadwinner. Peter Nguyen Van Hung himself followed in his mother's faith and devotion. He was an admirer of Saint Francis of Assisi, and reportedly stole food from his own family to feed to the poor. He left Vietnam in 1979 on an overcrowded boat; rescued by a Norwegian ship after just 36 hours and taken to Japan, he joined the Missionary Society of St. Columban up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
