SINGAPORE: Lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean will be charged in court on Thursday with criminal breach of trust, unlawful stalking and being an unauthorised person who acted as an advocate or solicitor, the Singapore Police Force said on Tuesday.
The criminal breach of trust charge relates to an incident in November 2019 when Mr Lim was entrusted with a sum of S$30,000 which was awarded to a former client as a settlement in a motor injury civil suit, SPF said in a news release.The unlawful stalking charge relates to the alleged harassment of a former employee in 2020 while she was working at Mr Lim’s law firm.in 2020.
Mr Lim is also alleged to have acted as an advocate or solicitor without a valid practising certificate on 66 occasions between Apr 1 and Jun 9 last year.