KUALA LUMPUR: Retired Federal Court judge Datuk Abu Mansor Ali will be sadly
missed by friends and former colleagues.
Former Chief Justice Tun Dzaiddin Abdullah said he was saddened by Abu Mansor’s
death on Wednesday evening.
“He was a very amiable person, full of humour but very serious in his work.
“I will definitely miss him because we were together at the Sultan Abdul Samad
building as Federal Court judges,” said Dzaiddin.
Abu Mansor, 72, died following a short illness. Prior to that he had been
hospitalised for a week at a hospital here.
Former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Siti Norma Yaakob, who is abroad, said she
was quite surprised by the news.
Loh Chang Woo, founder and partner of the law firm C.W. Loh & Assoc where Abu
Mansor became a consultant after his retirement as a judge, regarded him as a
man who was generous and charming.
“We learnt so much from him. He was unassuming, very humble and had a great
sense of humour,” he said.
Loh also recalled that Abu Mansor had a good habit of noting down in his thick
book all new judgments and points of law that he came across.
“He called the book a computer. It was humourous when he said that then because
he did not know how to use a real computer.
“Law students and practising lawyers should adopt his habit of noting down
salient and novel points of law because it can be handy,” said Loh.
Abu Mansor is survived by his wife, To’ Puan Faridah Mansor, his son and
daughter-in-law and a grandson.
His career in the public legal service and the judiciary spanned over a period
of 37 years before he rejoined the legal practice in 2001 after he retired from
the Bench.
In 2007, he was appointed as a member of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal.
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