The 81-year-old founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd went on trial in Singapore on Tuesday accused of forgery and cheating HSBC out of $111.7 million. The former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, also known as O.K. Lim, attended court in a wheelchair and pleaded not guilty through a Mandarin interpreter, Singaporean media outlet CNA reported. Lim's lawyer Davinder Singh could not immediately be contacted for comment.
The 81-year-old founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd went on trial in Singapore on Tuesday accused of forgery and cheating HSBC out of $111.7 million. The former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, also known as O.K. Lim, attended court in a wheelchair and pleaded not guilty through a Mandarin interpreter, Singaporean media outlet CNA reported. Lim's lawyer Davinder Singh could not immediately be contacted for comment.