Peter Nguyen (judge)

{{Short description|Hong Kong judge (1943–2020)}}

{{Other people|Peter Nguyen|Peter Nguyen (disambiguation){{!}}Peter Nguyen}}

Peter Van Tu Nguyen {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|SBS|QC|SC}} ({{zh|t=阮雲甆|p=Ruǎn Yúncí|w=Juan Yuen-tsih}}, Yuen Wan-tsz, {{langx|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.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.singpao.com.hk/index.php?fi=news1&id=113132 |title=退休高院法官阮雲道猝死(另)終年77歲 |date=17 June 2020 |website=Sing Pao |access-date=27 May 2025 |language=zh}}

He was succeeded by Grenville Cross as the Crown Prosecutor.{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/isd/speech/1201sjsp.htm|title=Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Miss Elsie Leung Oi-sie, at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year|accessdate=25 January 2013|date=12 January 1998|publisher=Government of Hong Kong}}

He later served as a member of Torture Claims Appeal Board.{{cite web|url=http://www.sb.gov.hk/eng/links/tcab/|title=Torture Claims Appeal Board|accessdate=27 September 2013|date=4 September 2013|publisher=Government of Hong Kong}}

Nguyen died at home on 16 June 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/486767/%E9%98%AE%E9%9B%B2%E9%81%93%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%98%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E5%AF%A9hello-kitty%E6%A1%88%E8%BD%9F%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%80%E6%99%82-%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AD%E5%85%A7%E9%96%83%E7%87%88%E6%81%8D%E5%A6%82%E9%A1%AF%E9%9D%88 |title=阮雲道法官逝世｜審hello kitty案轟動一時　憶庭內閃燈恍如顯靈 |date=16 June 2020 |website=HK01 |author1=朱幼麗 |author2=李慧娜 |access-date=27 May 2025 |language=zh}}