新加坡：律师兼反对党政客林鼎周五（10月9日）面临新指控，这是他涉嫌潜逃至马来西亚后首次在刑事法庭出庭。
SINGAPORE: Lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean was handed new charges on Friday (Oct 9) in his first criminal court appearance since his alleged abscondment to Malaysia.
现年61岁的林鼎通过视听连线出庭以接收指控。亚洲新闻台（CNA）正在核实新指控的详情。林鼎由律师雷维·香卡（Revi Shanker）代表。
Lim, 61, appeared via videolink to receive the charges. CNA is checking on the details of the new charges. Lim is represented by lawyer Revi Shanker.
林鼎于2024年7月因在没有有效执业证书的情况下以律师身份执业而被定罪。在没有有效执业证书的期间，他曾代表客户出席法庭听证会并准备与诉讼相关的文件。
Lim was convicted in July 2024 of practising as a lawyer without a valid practising certificate. He had attended court hearings on behalf of clients and prepared documents related to proceedings during the period when he did not have a valid practising certificate.
地方法院于2025年2月判处他监禁六周并罚款1,000新元（合780美元）。2026年2月，高等法院驳回了林鼎对定罪和刑罚的上诉，并批准了控方的交叉上诉，将其刑期增加至三个月零一周。随后在2月，经控方上诉，高等法院将他的刑期增至三个月零一周监禁，同时驳回了林鼎对定罪和刑罚的上诉。
A district court sentenced him in February 2025 to six weeks' jail and a S$1,000 (US$780) fine In February 2026, the High Court dismissed Lim's appeal against his conviction and sentence and allowed the prosecution's cross-appeal, increasing his jail term to three months and one week Following an appeal by the prosecution, the High Court increased his sentence to three months and one week's jail in February, while dismissing Lim's appeal against his conviction and sentence.
作为“人民之声”创始人兼“革新人民联盟”秘书长，林鼎原定于8月3日向国家法院投案以开始服刑，但他未能按时报到，并在保释期间离开新加坡。法庭当天对其实施了逮捕令。
Lim, the founder of Peoples Voice and secretary-general of the People's Alliance for Reform, was due to surrender at the State Courts on Aug 3 to begin serving his jail term, but failed to do so and left Singapore while on court bail. A warrant of arrest was issued against him that day.
他于8月6日在柔佛新山被马来西亚皇家警察逮捕，并于8月11日移交给新加坡警察部队。由于涉嫌潜逃，林的担保人、社会政治博客作者梁实轩被下令没收其提供的45,000新元保释金。林鼎此后已开始服刑。
arrested in Johor Bahru by the Royal Malaysia Police on Aug 6 and handed over to the Singapore Police Force on Aug 11 As a result of the alleged abscondment, Lim's bailor, socio-political blogger Leong Sze Hian, was ordered to forfeit S$45,000 that he had furnished as bail Lim has since begun serving his jail term.
他在4月被宣布破产。由于在纪律事务中处理前客户资金时的行为，他还被罚款30,000新元。除了目前的指控外，他还面临多起未决的刑事指控。另有两名男子因涉嫌安排林鼎非法离开新加坡而被起诉。
declared bankrupt in April. He was also fined S$30,000 over his conduct in handling a former client’s money in a disciplinary matter. Apart from the current charges, he faces several outstanding criminal charges. Two men have also been charged over alleged arrangements for Lim to leave Singapore illegally.
38岁的苏莱曼·穆罕默德·菲尔多斯和45岁的穆罕默德·阿丹·阿卜杜勒·卡里姆，每人均面临一项共谋实施可能妨碍司法公正行为的指控，且他们明知该行为很可能妨碍司法公正。他们的案件目前仍在法院审理中，两人均须于周五返回法庭。
Sulaiman Muhammad Firdaus, 38, and Mohammad Adam Abd Karim, 45, each face one count of conspiring to commit an act that has a tendency to defeat the course of justice, knowing that the act is likely to defeat the course of justice. Their cases are also pending before the courts and both are due to return to court on Friday.