2016-2017 LAWASIA Council
Country and Alternate Councillors
AFGHANISTAN
Country Councillor: Mr Ashraf RASOOLY
Alternate Councillor: Mr Abdul GAYOR
AUSTRALIA
Country Councillor: Ms Fiona MCLEOD SC
Alternate Councillor: Mr Jonathan SMITHERS
BANGLADESH
Country Councillor: Mr Shah KHASRUZZAMAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Md SHAHJAHAN
CAMBODIA
Country Councillor: Mr Suon VISAL
Alternate Councillor: Mrs Chea KEO
CHINA
Country Councillor: Mr LI Gongtian
Alternate Councillor: Mr ZHU Ning
ENGLAND AND WALES
Country Councillor: Mr Robert Bournes
Alternate Councillor: Mr Harold PAISNER
FIJI
Country Councillor: Ms Laurell VAURASI
Alternate Councillor: Ms Poonam MAHARAJ-WONG
GERMANY
Country Councillor: Mr Ekkehart SHAFER
Alternate Councillor: Dr Martin ABEND
HONG KONG (Bar Association)
Country Councillor: Mr Paul TK LAM SC
Alternate Councillor: Ms Kim ROONEY
HONG KONG (Law Society)
Country Councillor: Mr Chak Ming CHAN
Alternate Councillor: Ms Melissa PANG
INDIA
Country Councillor: Mr Shyam DIVAN
Alternate Councillor: Ms Pinky ANAND
INDONESIA
Country Councillor: Mr Otto HASIBUAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Ricardo SIMANJUNTAK
ISRAEL
Country Councillor: Mr Shay Daniel MILOW
Alternative Councillor: Mr Yaniv INSALL
JAPAN
Country Councillor: Ms Chisako TAKAYA
Alternative Councillor: Mr Masatoshi OHARA
KOREA
Country Councillor: Mr Sungman KIM
Alternate Councillor: Mr Hyunsik SHIN
MACAU
Country Councillor: Mr Paulino COMANDANTE
MALAYSIA
Country Councillor: Mr George VARUGHESE
NEPAL
Country Councillor: Mr Gyan Ratna SHAKYA
Alternate Councillor: Adv Mr Khamma Bahadur Khati
NEW ZEALAND
Country Councillor: Mr Chris MOORE
Alternate Councillor: Mr Ian HAYNES
PAKISTAN
Country Councillor: Mr Mohammad Ahsan BHOON
Alternate Councillor: Mr Azam Nazeem TARAR
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Country Councillor: TBA
PHILIPPINES
Country Councillor: Mr Vicente JOYAS
Alternate Councillor: Mr Edgar TARRIELA
RUSSIA
Country Councillor: Mr Andrei A TREBKOV
Alternate Councillor: Mr Mikhail Kuzmich YOUKOV
SAMOA
Country Councillor: President, Samoa Law Society
SINGAPORE
Country Councillor: Mr YAP Teong Liang
Alternate Councillor: Mr Rajan CHETTIAR
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Country Councillor: Mr Donald MARAHARE
Alternate Councillor : Ms Katalaina ZIRU
SRI LANKA
Country Councillor: Mr U. R. DE SILVA
Alternate Councillor: Mr Amal A RANDENIYA
TAIWAN
Country Councillor: Mr Edgar CHEN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Jason WU
THAILAND
Country Councillor: TBA
TIMOR LESTE
Country Councillor: TBA
UNITED STATES
Country Councillor: Mr Michael E BURKE
Alternate Councillor: Mr Robert BROWN
VIETNAM
Country counciilor: Mr THINH Do Ngoc
Alternate councillor: Mr LUU Tien Dung
ExOfficio Councillors
Distinguished Members
Dr Gordon Hughes
The Hon Justice Mah Weng Kwai
Mr Lester Huang
Mr Nguyen Trung Dang
Special Councillor
Ms Margery Nicoll
Section Chairs
