Lim Tean is alleged to have misappropriated $30,000 that was awarded to a former client, among other charges.SINGAPORE - Lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean will be charged in court on Thursday with criminal breach of trust, unlawful stalking and acting as an advocate or solicitor without a valid practising certificate.
The unlawful stalking charge relates to his alleged harassment of a former employee in 2020, while she was working at his law firm, Carson Law Chambers. Mr Lim is the founder of political party Peoples Voice , which contested Jalan Besar and Pasir-Punggol GRCs as well as the Mountbatten SMC in the 2020 General Election.
The PV team also lost the three-way fight in Pasir-Punggol GRC, receiving the lowest share of votes at 12.17 per cent. PAP won with 64.16 per cent of the votes, while Singapore Democratic Alliance received 23.67 per cent of the votes.Mr Sivakumaran Chellappa, the PV candidate contesting Mountbatten SMC, lost to PAP’s Lim Biow Chuan, who won 73.82 per cent of the votes.