SINGAPORE: Music producer Ken Lim Chih Chiang, best known as a judge on reality singing competition Singapore Idol, was on Thursday (Mar 30) charged with molestation.
Lim, 58, is accused of using criminal force to touch the breast of a 25-year-old woman in his office at Hype Records at Henderson Road in the evening of Nov 23, 2021.
The victim’s identity is protected by a gag order.
Lim runs Hype Records, a concert promoter, record label and artiste management agency.
He was offered bail of S$10,000.
After being a judge on Singapore Idol in the 2000s, Lim also went on to judge reality singing competition The Final 1 in 2013.
If found guilty, he faces a jail term of up to two years, a fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments.