Khoo to the AGC as Senior State Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor after Khoo had rendered a judgment which had allegedly displeased the Government. In a report released on 19 July 1986, the commission found the allegation to be unfounded. In 1988, Sinnathuray was one of two foreign members of the Royal Tribunal, a panel of six judges convened by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia to investigate alleged misdemeanours of Tun Salleh Abas, Malaysia's Lord President of the Supreme Court. Other interests Sinnathuray was the first non-European to be elected the president of the Singapore Cricket Club, serving from 1976 to 1978. In 1993, the Singapore Chapter of University College London Alumni was founded by Sinnathuray (who served as its first president) and his fellow alumni friends to provide for the welfare and interest of UCL graduates in Singapore and as a local platform for networking with members from other chapters around the world. A numismatist and an expert on Singapore and Malaya postcards, Sinnathuray was the chairman of the Third Singapore Note and Coin Advisory Committee of the board of commissioners of Currency Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, serving from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2008. He was also the chairman and chief executive officer of Mavin International Pte. Ltd., an auction company specialising in rare coins and banknotes. Death Sinnathuray, who had a heart condition and was on dialysis, died of pneumonia at the Singapore General Hospital on 18 January 2016. He was survived by his wife Sandra Devi; his son Chandra Raj, daughter Shamona Ranee, and their spouses; and three grandchildren. His younger brother, the obstetrician and gynaecologist Datuk Professor Dr. Thirunavuk Arasu Sinnathuray, predeceased him in 1997. Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said: "Justice Sinnathuray was a very popular judge who always treated counsel with great courtesy. He loved the law and the legal fraternity and made it a point to attend many of our functions and events for as long as he was able to. Many of us on the Bench today remember him warmly as a good friend and colleague. We will miss him dearly." The Attorney-General, V. K. Rajah, said that Sinnathuray had made "significant contributions" and would be "warmly remembered by the legal community for his unfailing courtesy and his commonsensical approach towards resolving knotty legal issues". Awards and honours For his judicial service, Sinnathuray was conferred the Bintang Bakti