After shooting dead another police officer in July 1968, Lim fled the country, with local authorities offering a $17,000 bounty in their search for him.

[5] He first attained notoriety in 1963, when he and three other gunmen ambushed the printing division of The Straits Times at Anson Road and stole $30,000 in an armed robbery.

"[1] In September 1966, he shot and wounded in the leg Detective Allan Lee at the Odeon Cinema in North Bridge Road.

[4] The two other officers gave chase but Lim escaped and went into hiding, reportedly finding safe haven in the nearby countries of Indonesia, Thailand, and China.

A nation-wide manhunt was announced by the Singapore Police Force, whose Criminal Investigation Department began organising more raids in the hopes of capturing Lim.

[12] In December 1977, Lim's brother Ah Tee (born c. 1952) sustained serious injuries after being stabbed in the thigh and head by a mob of ten youths.

[15] Lim Ah Tee had also been charged with drug trafficking in the same case as Teo but avoided the death penalty after the prosecution granted him a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.

Lim suffered three gunshots to the body and reportedly staggered for some 10 metres (33 ft) before dying with his revolver on his left hand.

[4] Although authorities were initially uncertain if the deceased was Lim, as he had changed his hairstyle and put on weight, he was positively identified by his fingerprints.

[2] A revolver, thirteen bullets, $1.40 in cash, as well as a stolen identity card belonging to a 30-year-old Lim Kian Hua, were among his possessions found on him when he died.

[18] Detective Chow Kim Loo was later publicly identified as the officer who fired the fatal shot that hit Lim in the neck.

[17] Chua managed to evade capture that night but committed suicide during a shootout with the police three weeks later at Tank Road on 17 December 1972.

[19] They had reportedly escaped to attend Lim's funeral,[4] although the recaptured inmates later denied this by claiming that they were simply unsatisfied with the living conditions in the centre.