The Hong Kong Government has appointed its first Hong Kong Chinese lawyer as the new chief public prosecutor for the region, to start from September.

Senior barrister Keith Yeung Kar-hung takes over from Kevin Zervos, an Australian lawyer, who has held the position for more than two years.

Yeung is a commercial litigator, with over two decades of experience in the legal profession and specialist knowledge of criminal and civil law, especially commercial crime and securities matters.