Francis Seow
| Francis Seow | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 萧添寿 |
| Born |
11 October 1928 Singapore |
| Died | 21 January 2016 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, Lawyer |
| Known for | Political dissidence in Singapore |
| Children | 2 sons and 2 daughters |
Seow, Tiang-Siew Francis (Chinese: 萧添寿; pinyin: Xiāo Tiānshòu; 11 October 1928 – 21 January 2016) was a Singapore-born American writer, political dissident and former lawyer. He lived in exile from Singapore after facing lawsuits from Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister. He was educated at Saint Joseph's Institution in Singapore and at the Middle Temple in London, and was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School.
Seow was born on 11 October 1928 in Singapore. He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1956 and rose through the ranks to become the Solicitor-General in 1969, a position he held until 1971. Seow was appointed as senior counsel to a Commission of Inquiry in the Secondary IV examination boycott by Chinese students in 1963 prior to Singapore's entry into Malaysia.
For his work, Seow was awarded the Public Administration (Gold) Medal. He eventually left the public service and entered private law practice in 1972.
Then, Seow was later suspended from law practice for 12 months under Lee Kuan Yew's instructions to his relative, Wee Chong Jin, Singapore's first Chief Justice, for allegedly breaching an undertaking given on behalf of his junior law partner to the Attorney-General, Tan Boon Teik.
Nonetheless, he was later elected as a member of the Council of the Law Society in 1976 and eventually became its President in 1986.
In 1985, Seow acted for Tan Mui Choo (whose name was mistakenly reported as "Choo Choo" in the Malaysian press). She was Adrian Lim's first wife, and was Adrian Lim's accomplice in the Toa Payoh ritual murders. As a result, Tan was executed after an unsuccessful appeal against her conviction and death sentence.
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