Macao swears in first top female judge

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Macao's new judge of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) Song Min Li was sworn in here at the headquarters of TUI Wednesday, becoming first female judge in top court of Macao Special Administrative Region.

Song was appointed by Macao's Chief Executive Chui Sai On based on recommendations by the independent committee for the nomination of judges to replace Chu Kin, who passed away last November after three months in an intensive care unit because of injuries sustained in a car accident in Guangdong province last August.

Song was born in 1966 and obtained a master degree in Law from the Beijing University. She attended Portuguese language courses at the University of Coimbra in Portugal and introduction to law at the University of Macao, according to a statement provided by the SAR government.

Song was part of the group of first local magistrates to be nominated in Macao. She started work as a delegate of the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) in 1996 and has served as deputy attorney- general since March 2000.

The statement said that Song was the first female public prosecutor in Macao and one of the most experienced in any local court.