Simon Peh

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|name = Simon Peh Yun-lu

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|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|size=100%|GBS|IDSM|JP}}

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|birth_date={{birth year and age|1955}}

|alma_mater=Pui Ching Middle School
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of California, Berkeley
King's College London

|office=President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities

|term_start=5 January 2022

|term_end=

|predecessor=Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri

|successor =

|office1=Commissioner of the ICAC

|term_start1=1 July 2012

|term_end1=30 June 2022

|predecessor1=Timothy Tong

|successor1 = Woo Ying-ming

|office2=Director of Immigration

|term_start2=7 April 2008

|term_end2=28 March 2011

|predecessor2=Lai Tung-kwok

|successor2=Eric Chan

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Simon Peh Yun-lu {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|GBS|IDSM|JP}} ({{zh|t=白韞六|first=t}}, born 1955) was Director of Immigration of Hong Kong, and was appointed Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2012.

Early life and education

Peh was born in Anxi County, Quanzhou, Fujian.{{Cite web|url=http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20090715/00408_005.html|title = 政情：白韞六白韻琴冇關係 - 太陽報}} graduated from Pui Ching Middle School in 1973. He completed college in 1978.

Career

Peh joined the Immigration Department as an Immigration Officer. In 1984, he was promoted to Senior Immigration Officer, and Chief Immigration Officer in 1991. In 2004, he began serving as Assistant Director of Immigration. In April 2008, Peh was appointed Director of Immigration when his predecessor Lai Tung-kwok accepted the post of Under Secretary for Security. He retired from the Immigration Department in April 2011.{{cite press release|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201104/01/P201104010190.htm|title=News.gov.hk interviews retired Director of Immigration Simon Peh|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|date=1 April 2011|accessdate=1 September 2011}} He was succeeded by Eric Chan.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/po/di.htm|title=Mr Eric Chan Kwok-ki, IDSM, Director of Immigration|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|date=March 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011}}

Personal life

On 5 January 2022, Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-05|title=Bars, gyms to close, 6pm restaurant curfew as Hong Kong ramps up Omicron battle|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3162190/coronavirus-hong-kongs-fifth-wave-has-already|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}} One day later, it was discovered that Peh attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.{{Cite web|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1628558-20220112.htm|title = 衞生防護中心最新發現洪為民宴會人數為222人 - RTHK}}[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-10/hong-kong-finds-another-suspected-covid-case-at-notorious-party Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party]{{Cite web|date=2022-01-07|title=All 170 guests of Covid-19 scandal-hit birthday party sent to quarantine|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3162476/coronavirus-19-hong-kong-lawmakers-attended-birthday-party|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}} At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined. He was ordered to take leave until 24 January.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/238349/Leave-extension-defuses-Tsui-resign-speculation|title = Leave extension defuses Tsui resign speculation}}