Lim Tean (Chinese: 林鼎; pinyin: Lín Dǐng; born 17 November 1964) is a Singaporean lawyer and politician.
[citation needed] After three years in the Soviet Union, Lim's parents became increasingly worried about the future of his children's education.
[citation needed] After his graduation from Hwa Chong Junior College, Lim enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to complete his National Service and was commissioned as an artillery officer.
[11] Lim represented anti-government critic and blogger Leong Sze Hian in a defamation case brought by current Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 8 December 2018.
[18] However the trial ended in 2 days, on 7 October, following a surprise move by Lim in arguing that there was "no case to submit" before Leong was scheduled to take the stand to be cross-examined.
[19] On the second day of the trial an expert witness named Dr Phan Tuan Quang from the Hong Kong University Business School for the Plaintiff was cross examined.
[22][23] In March 2021, the High Court ordered for Leong Sze Hian to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong $133,000, which Lim called it ‘a wrong and deeply flawed’ decision.
Despite the relatively short time before the election, Lim accepted and along with a team of candidates contested Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC), receiving 24.9% of the votes cast.
A day later, he issued two cheques to settle the monies and legal costs, ahead of another hearing scheduled on 17 January 2019, and Huang withdrew the application.
[37] An article by The Straits Times published on 22 June 2020 stated that Lim is involved in two bankruptcy applications from DBS Bank and Sing Wing (I & E), a trading company, totalling about S$1.45 million.
[38] In an interview with The Online Citizen, Lim denied the bankruptcy applications by DBS and Sing Wing, and said it was a smearing technique to damage his image by the mainstream media.
[42] Lim sought for a judicial review to discontinue investigations on him by the authorities, however it was dismissed by a judge on 8 December 2020, stating that the application "utterly devoid of any legal merit whatsoever".