{{short description|Malaysian judge and lawyer}} {{family name hatnote|Shim (沈)|lang=Chinese}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Amat Arif Tan Sri Datuk Amar | name = Steve Shim Lip Kiong | honorific_suffix = PSM DA PJN JBK KMN PPB | native_name = 沈立强 | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|1|20}} | birth_place = Kuching, Kuching Division, Raj of Sarawak {{small|(now Sarawak, Malaysia)}} | birth_name = Steve Shim Lip Kiong | death_place = | death_date = | resting_place = | spouse = | relations = | children = | order = 3rd | office = Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak | predecessor = Chong Siew Fai | successor = Richard Malanjum | term_start = 2 July 2000 | term_end = 25 July 2006 | nominator = Mahathir Mohamad | appointer = Salahuddin | alma_mater = Inner Temple<br />Vrije Universiteit Brussel | citizenship = Malaysian | parents = | profession = Lawyer | occupation = Judge | footnotes = | signature = | website = }} {{Infobox person | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=no | t = 沈立強 |poj=Sím Li̍p-kiông |tl=Sím Li̍p-kiông |j=Sam2 Laap6 Koeng4 | p = Shěn Lìqiáng}} }}
Tan Sri Datuk Amar '''Steve Shim Lip Kiong''' ({{lang-zh|t=沈立強|s=沈立强|p=Shěn Lìqiáng}}; born 20 January 1940)<ref name=":3">{{cite web|accessdate=9 August 2019|title=Former Chief Justice|date=2019|website=judiciary.kehakiman.gov.my|url=https://judiciary.kehakiman.gov.my/portals/web/home/individual_former_justices/7|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117081521/https://judiciary.kehakiman.gov.my/portals/web/home/individual_former_justices/7|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Malaysian lawyer and judge who served as the third Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak.
== Early life and education == Shim was born in Kuching in the then-British protectorate state of Raj of Sarawak. He completed his A Level studies in Westminster College, London, United Kingdom in 1962 before receiving his barrister-at-law from the Inner Temple in 1969.<ref name=":3" /> In 1980, Shim graduated from the Faculty of International and Comparative Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium with a Master of Laws (Honours) (LL.M. (Hons.)).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web | title=High Court of Sabah and Sarawak At Kuching | url=http://www.kgcourt.sarawak.gov.my/kgcourt/Write_up/CJ%20Profile-No.2.htm | access-date=2025-01-01 | website=www.kgcourt.sarawak.gov.my}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
== Career == === 1970 & 1980s === Shim's career in the legal service began on 10 August 1970 when he became a cadet legal officer. By 1977, he was made a registrar at the High Court of Borneo. In between, Shim had also served as a crown counsel and magistrate.<ref name=":3" /> His career then progressed further when he was appointed as a sessions courts judge in 1989.<ref name=":2" />
=== 1990 & 2000s === On 1 March 1992, Shim was appointed as a judicial commissioner at the High Court in Sibu.<ref name=":3" /> He served in that capacity for just five months before being promoted as judge of the same High Court in August 1992. As a High Court judge, Shim took postings in Kuching and later Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, beginning 1996.<ref name=":2" />
Having served as a High Court judge for almost eight years, Shim was chosen to take over duties as acting Chief Judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in July 2000. He officially ascended to the fourth highest judicial office in Malaysia, after the Chief Justice of Malaysia, President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia and Chief Judge of Malaya, in September 2000.<ref name=":2" />
Shim retired from the legal service on 19 July 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jac.gov.my/?option=com_content&view=article&id=72%3Aybhg-tan-sri-datuk-amar-steve-shim-lip-kiong&catid=25%3Aabout&lang=en#|accessdate=9 August 2019|website=jac.gov.my|title=YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Amar Steve Shim Lip Kiong|date=2012}}</ref>
=== 2010s === In 2011, Shim was selected to chair the newly-created National Wage Consultative Council placed under the Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Borneo Post|accessdate=9 August 2009|title=Former Chief Judge of Sabah, Sarawak appointed chairman of wages council|work=Bernama|date=29 September 2011|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/29/former-chief-judge-of-sabah-sarawak-appointed-chairman-of-wages-council/}}</ref>
Following the loss of Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak and his Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in the 14th Malaysian general election, Shim was selected to chair a special tribunal formed in 17 October 2018 to probe and seek the removal of six members of the Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR) after thirteen charges were framed against the latter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/461540|publisher=Malaysiakini|accessdate=9 August 2019|title=Six ex-EC commissioners to face tribunal|date=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/tribunal-begins-investigation-monday-into-alleged-misconduct-of-six-former-ec-members-AC433031|publisher=The Sun (Malaysia)|accessdate=9 August 2019|title=Tribunal begins investigation Monday into alleged misconduct of six former EC members|work=Bernama|date=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/01/28/misconduct-tribunal-turns-chaotic-after-lawyer-admits-ec-members-already-qu/1717241|accessdate=9 August 2019|publisher=Malay Mail|date=28 January 2019|title=Misconduct tribunal turns chaotic after lawyer admits EC members already quit|first=Yiswaree|last=Palansamy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/24/tribunal-on-ex-ec-members-alleged-ge14-misconduct|work=The Star (Malaysia)|accessdate=9 August 2019|title=Tribunal on ex-EC members' alleged GE14 misconduct to meet on Monday (Jan 28)|date=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=9 August 2019|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/477230|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=24 May 2019|title=3-2 decision: Tribunal ends hearing on ex-EC members, calls it futile exercise|first=Alyaa|last=Alhadjri}}</ref> In May 2019, Shim deemed the matter academic and announced that the tribunal has decided to no longer proceed its probe after the personnel in question all opted for early resignation. This decision earned him a rebuke from the Attorney General of Malaysia, Tommy Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/05/24/ag-bersih-disappointed-tribunal-hearing-against-ec-members-misconduct-will/1756073|publisher=Malay Mail|accessdate=9 August 2019|date=24 May 2019|title=AG, Bersih disappointed tribunal hearing against EC members' misconduct will not proceed|last=Chin|first=Emmanuel Santa Maria}}</ref>
== Honours == * {{Flag|Malaysia}} ** 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1988)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|publisher=Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)|accessdate=9 August 2019|title=SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Utama - Bahagian Istiadat Dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa | url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v8/images/stories/1988.pdf | access-date=2025-01-01 | website=www.istiadat.gov.my}}</ref> ** 50px Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - '''Datuk''' (1999) ** 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - '''Tan Sri''' (2001)<ref name=":3" /> * {{Flag|Sarawak}} ** 50px Meritorious Service Medal-Silver (PPB)<ref name=":3" /> ** 50px Companion of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (JBK)<ref name=":3" /> ** 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) - '''Datuk Amar''' (2003)
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