13 months’ jail for ex-S’pore Idol judge Ken Lim for molesting 25-year-old woman
The incident happened at the Hype Records office in Henderson Road on Nov 23, 2021, when Ken Lim was the executive director of the record company.
Summary
- Ken Lim, former Singapore Idol judge, received a 13-month jail sentence on Nov 18 for molesting a 25-year-old woman at his Hype Records office in 2021.
- The victim testified Lim made suggestive comments and molested her during a work-related interview, including touching her chest while kissing.
- Despite denying the molestation charge, Lim was convicted in September. He was acquitted in December 2024 in a separate sexual comment case.
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Nov 18, 2025
SINGAPORE - Music producer and former Singapore Idol judge Ken Lim, 61, was sentenced to 13 months’ jail on Nov 18 for molesting a 25-year-old woman.
The incident happened at the Hype Records office in Henderson Road on Nov 23, 2021, when he was the executive director of the record company.
Following a trial, Principal District Judge Lee Lit Cheng
convicted him of a molestation charge in September.
The victim’s details cannot be disclosed due to a gag order.
The molestation case involved a work-related interview at Lim’s office.
The victim had said that she met Lim three times, adding that he made suggestive comments at the second and third meeting.
She also said Lim had asked her if she would perform a sex act on a director and have sex with someone “to bring about change”.
The woman added that she was molested during their third meeting, and that it happened after Lim asked her to kiss him. She did so but felt disgusted after doing it.
She told the court Lim asked her to kiss him again but to do it with more passion. The woman said that as they kissed, he touched her chest.
The woman later shared details of the incident with her boyfriend at the time and a female friend, who both testified in court.
The female friend said the woman had shared details of the encounter, and described the interview with Lim as “quite traumatic”.
The friend said she was told that Lim had forced the victim to kiss and perform a sex act on him.
In earlier proceedings, the friend told Judge Lee: “He also said that he wanted to tie her up... She just seemed very traumatised by what had happened and very disgusted that she was forced to do things that she didn’t want to do.”
Lim, who was represented by a team led by Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, denied molesting the woman.
In 2024, Lim fought off allegations involving a different woman in a separate trial.
She had accused him of making sexual comments while they were at the Hype Records’ premises on July 25, 2012.
After a trial, District Judge Wong Peck
acquitted him in December 2024.
For molestation, an offender can be jailed for up to two years, fined, caned or receive any combination of such punishments. However, Lim cannot be caned as he is over 50 years old.
