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‘Carrying on a legacy’: WP’s Sylvia Lim remembers her policeman-lawyer father 9 years after his passing

Summary by The Independent
SINGAPORE: Earlier this week, Workers’ Party (WP) chair Sylvia Lim posted a photo of her father, Lim Choon Mong, with then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew from decades ago. Mr Lim first had a career in law enforcement and then went back to university, becoming a practising lawyer at the age of 39. In a similar fashion, his daughter worked as a police inspector and then as a lawyer. “Today, 17 Aug 2026, is the 9th anniversary of my late father’s deat…
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The Independent broke the news in Singapore on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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