Race and politics Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima David Wong Dak Wah (simplified Chinese: 黄达华; traditional Chinese: 黃達華; pinyin: Huáng Dáhuá; Jyutping: Wong4 Daat6 Waa4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Ta̍t-hôa; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Tha̍t-fà; born 20 August 1953)[3] is a Malaysian lawyer and judge who served as the fifth Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak.

Wong attended the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

[4] On 29 September 2005, Wong was appointed as judicial commissioner at the High Court in Kuching.

Less than two months later, Wong was sworn in by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) to the office of Chief Judge of The High Court of Sabah and Sarawak (CJSS), replacing Richard Malanjum who was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Malaysia.

[6] As such, he now occupies the fourth highest judicial office in the country after the Chief Justice of Malaysia (CJ), President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia (PCA) and Chief Judge of The High Court of Malaya (CJM).