Jeremy Fell Mathews, CMG, JP, (馬富善) was the last Attorney General of Hong Kong before 1 July 1997.
In 1988 he was appointed the final Attorney General of Hong Kong succeeding Michael David Thomas QC.
After a public outcry, and after seeking further advice, he reversed the decision and Harris was convicted and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.
)[5] The third was his last-minute intervention in a wounding case involving an English Cathay Pacific pilot Ian Wilkinson.
At the criminal trial rather than calling evidence an agreed fact sheet was prepared (without the victim's prior knowledge or consent, which was immediately disputed by the wife's lawyers).
Since early 1990, prominent figures like Elsie Tu have called for Mathews' resignation for lack of leadership and administrative and legal incompetence.
The marriage was dissolved in 1992 and that year he married Halima Guterres, who is a writer and former journalist with South China Morning Post.