2023-2024 LAWASIA Council

Councillors and Alternate Councillors

AFGHANISTAN
Councillor: Mr Ashraf RASOOLY
Alternate Councillor: Mr Abdul GAYOR

AUSTRALIA
Councillor: Mr Greg MCINTYRE SC
Alternate Councillor: Mr Juliana WARNER

AZERBAIJAN
Councillor: Mr Anar BAGHIROV
Alternate Councillor: Ms Nazli AHMADOVA

BANGLADESH
Councillor: Mr Shah KHAZRUZZAMAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Omar SADAT

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Councillor: Mr Pg Izad-Ryan bin PLKDR Pg Hj BAHRIN

CAMBODIA
Councillor: Mr LY Chantola
Alternate Councillor: Mr SRUN Thirith

CHINA
Councillor: Ms ZHU Ning

Alternate Councillor: Mr Yang Chen

ENGLAND AND WALES
Councillor: Ms Lubna SHUJA
Alternate Councillor: Mr Nick EMMERSON

FIJI
Councillor: Mr William Wylie CLARKE
Alternate Councillor: Ms Seruwaia NAYACALEVU

GERMANY
Councillor: Dr Ulrich WESSELS
Alternate Councillor: Dr Christian LEMKE

GEORGIA
Councillor: TBC
Alternate Councillor: TBC

HONG KONG SAR (Bar Association)
Councillor: Mr Victor Dawes SC
Alternate Councillor: Mr José Antonio MAURELLET SC

HONG KONG SAR (Law Society)
Councillor: Ms Melissa PANG
Alternate Councillor: Mr Chak Ming CHAN

INDIA
Councillor: Mr Shyam DIVAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr S S NAGANAND

INDONESIA
Councillor: Mr Otto HASIBUAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Johannes C SAHETAPY-ENGEL

ISRAEL
Councillor: Mr Shay Daniel MILOW
Alternative Councillor: Mr Yaniv INSALL

JAPAN
Councillor: Mr Masatoshi OHARA
Alternative Councillor: Ms Satoko KITAMURA

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Councillor: Mr. Hongjoong Kim (Vice President of International Affairs of the KBA)
Alternate Councillor: Mr. Eric Eunyong Yang (Vice President of the LAWASIA)

KUWAIT
Councillor: Mr Mohammad ALDAIHANI
Alternate Councillor: Ms Jumanah BEHBEHANI

MACAU SAR
Councillor: Mr Paulino COMANDANTE

MALAYSIA
Councillor: Ms Karen CHEAH
Alternate Councillor: Mr Steven THIRU

MALDIVES
Councillor: TBC
Alternate Councillor: TBC

MONGOLIA
Councillor: Mr Umununkh BATSAIKHAN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Khunan JARGALSAIKHAN

NEPAL 
Councillor: Ms Anjita KHANAL
Alternate Councillor: Mr Hark Bahadur RAWAL

NEW ZEALAND
Councillor: Mr Frazer BARTON
Alternate Councillor: Ms Bronwyn JONES

PAKISTAN
Councillor: Mr Mohammad Ahsan BHOON
Alternate Councillor: Mr Azam Nazeem TARAR 

PHILIPPINES
Councillor: Mr Burt M ESTRADA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Councillor: Mr Yuri PILIPENKO

SAMOA
Councillor: Leiatuaualesa Komisi KORIA

SINGAPORE
Councillor: Ms Lisa SAM

SOLOMON ISLANDS
Councillor: Mr Eran SOMA

SRI LANKA
Councillor: Mr Kaushalya NAWARATNE 
Alternate Councillor: Mr Isuru BALAPATABENDI  

TAIWAN
Councillor: Ms Angela LIN
Alternate Councillor: Mr Jason WU

THAILAND (Lawyers Council of Thailand under the Royal Patronage)
Councillor: Acting Sub Lt. Dr Thawal RUYAPORN

THAILAND (Thai Bar Association)
Councillor: Miss Piyakul BOONPERM
Alternate Councillor: Mr Auen KUNKEAW

TIMOR-LESTE
Councillor: TBA

UNITED STATES
Councillor:  Mr Robert BROWN

VIETNAM
Councillor: Dr DO Ngoc Thinh
Alternate Councillor: Ms NGUYEN THI Quynh Anh

 

Ex Officio Councillors

Distinguished Members
Dr Gordon HUGHES
Mr Lester HUANG
The Hon Justice MAH Weng Kwai
Mr NGUYEN Trung Dang
Mr Isomi SUZUKI
Mr Michael TIDBALL

Special Councillor
Ms Margery NICOLL