30-year-old George Lim Zi Chun, was sentenced to 6 months and 16 weeks imprisonment on Monday (16 October) for threatening his mother and attacking his father, as well as attacking a Vietnamese woman whom he had booked to spend time with him, according to The Straits Times.
Attacked a Vietbu
George Lim Zi Chun’s legal troubles began with a disturbing incident involving a 22-year-old Vietnamese woman.
On the night of 10 February 2021, George Lim was looking for companions to drink with him on a Telegram group chat, and paid a middleman $300 to book a 22-year-old Vietnamese woman to provide him with company.
He met up with the Vietnamese woman at the Arton Hotel, Tyrwhitt Road, at about 3am and spent time inside his hotel room, where he offered her alcohol but she declined his offer.
Lim then took it that the woman was “aloof and disinterested” and got angry, before slapping the woman on the face, pulling her hair and punching her as she tried to leave the room.
He also put his hands around her neck and tore off a strap from her dress, and the commotion caught the attention of a front office executive of the hotel who then proceeded to call the police for help.
Lim found out that the police had been alerted and said that he was going to go out for a smoke, before fleeing from the hotel.
He then turned himself in to the police the following day, before being released on bail.
Attacked his father
On 12 October 2021, Lim had finished drinking with his friends when he visited his 61-year-old father’s hardware shop at Kranji at about 9am, where he had a dispute with the latter.
Things then escalated and Lim pushed his father with both hands and caused him to fall down, before punching his father in the face repeatedly. The father suffered injuries to his face and throat.
The victim then successfully got a personal protection order against his son on 25 October 2021, but it still didn’t deter his son from going back to his shop on 29 October 2022 and 8 November 2022 to threaten him.
He was then remanded from 30 November 2022 to 19 January earlier this year.
Attacked his mother
Shortly after, Lim started to live with his mother and her boyfriend.
On 21 April, his mother texted him to remind him to keep the toilet clean, and this made him angry. When his mother and her boyfriend came home later that day, they saw him wearing rings that they thought were a weapon.
The couple then left and drove to a police station to ask for help.
They eventually moved out of the home for their own safety, but Lim continued to threaten them by messaging them on WhatsApp.
His mother then obtained an expedited personal protection order against her son on 24 April, but he continued to harass her unrelentingly through phone calls and text messages.
On 5 May, Lim smashed their television at home before the couple returned home, and didn’t pay for the damages.