OK Lim’s daughter loses challenge to exclude evidence in ongoing trial
Lim Huey Ching, her father and brother were directors of Hin Leong, which was put into liquidation in 2021
On August 24, Lim Huey Ching, daughter of former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, lost her bid in the High Court to exclude specific evidence in her ongoing trial for obstruction of justice. The trial began in October 2025, following accusations that she instructed IT staff at Hin Leong Trading to delete data from the now-defunct oil trading company's computer servers.
The case hinged on legal advice provided by the company's in-house counsel, which stated that the Lim family should be forthcoming about financial irregularities. Lim Huey Ching contended that the advice was protected by legal privilege, an argument she lost when High Court judge Hoo Sheau Peng ruled that the advice was given to her in her capacity as a director, not as an individual.
Judge Hoo agreed that the right to assert or waive legal privilege belonged to the company's liquidators, not Lim Huey Ching personally. The judge also accepted prosecutors' argument that the liquidators had provided a full waiver of the advice for Lim Huey Ching's trial. Lim Huey Ching's attempt to challenge the district judge's decision to admit the evidence through a criminal revision was deemed inappropriate; any errors should be rectified through an appeal if she is ultimately convicted.
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