13 Facts About Thio Li-ann

Thio Li-ann was born on 10 March 1968 and is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore.

Thio Li-ann was educated at the University of Oxford, Harvard Law School and the University of Cambridge.

Thio Li-ann was born in Singapore on 10 March 1968.

Thio Li-ann's mother is Dr Thio Su Mien, former dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore and presently founder of TSMP Law Corporation; her brother, Thio Shen Yi, is joint managing director of the same law firm.

Thio Li-ann was called to the bar as a barrister at Gray's Inn in 1991.

Thio Li-ann joined the Faculty of Law of the NUS as a senior tutor in 1991, and was appointed Lecturer in 1992.

Thio Li-ann returned to NUS, where in 1997 she was appointed an assistant professor.

Thio Li-ann was a consultant to a delegation of the House of Representatives of Japan and to the University of Warwick on academic freedom issues.

Thio Li-ann was to be a visiting human rights professor at New York University School of Law in the fall of 2009 until she withdrew her acceptance in July 2009.

Thio Li-ann then sent an 18-point defence memo to the entire NYU Law faculty.

From 18 January 2007, Thio Li-ann was appointed a Nominated Member of Parliament of the 11th Session of the Parliament of Singapore for a two-and-a-half-year term.

Thio Li-ann's speech drew the criticism of Michael Kirby, then a judge of the High Court of Australia, who referenced it in a speech he delivered in Brisbane on 16 November 2007.

Subsequently, in November 2007, Thio Li-ann was alerted by the media to an anonymous threatening letter addressed to her stating: "We know where you work, we'll send people there to hunt you down".