Lim Kean Chye (born 22 December 1919) is a Malaysian former politician and lawyer.
Biography
Lim is the son of Lim Cheng Ean, a Cambridge-trained lawyer and a legislative councillor in the 1930s, and the grandson of Phuah Hin Leong.[1] Lim has a brother and sister, Lim Phaik Gan.
Lim was a founder member of the Malayan Democratic Union,[2][3] which was formed on 21 December 1945. MDU was Singapore's first political party,[4] and consisted of English educated Malaysians whose main objective was the assertion of the right to self-governance.
Upon returning to Malaya after completing his law degree from Cambridge University, Lim was contacted by Eu Chooi Yip and P V Sarma in August 1949 to join the Anti-British League (ABL), which he did.[5] He would later be mentor to John Eber in the ABL.[6] In January 1951, Lim escaped arrest and detention without trial when he went to China.
Lim was called to the Singapore Bar in 1950, and the Malayan Bar in 1961.
Lim lives in Penang and turned 100 in December 2019.[7]
References
^"A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. 6 May 1916. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
^"Malayan Democratic Union is formed - Singapore History". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
^Lee, Edwin (2008). Singapore: the unexpected nation. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 59–71. ISBN978-981-230-796-5.
^Bayly, Christopher (2006). Forgotten wars: freedom and revolution in Southeast Asia. Penguin Group. p. 200.
^Lee, Edwin (2008). Singapore: the unexpected nation. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 60–61. ISBN978-981-230-796-5.
^Lee, Edwin (2008). Singapore: the unexpected nation. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 61. ISBN978-981-230-796-5.
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