Richard Lim Beng Gee
{{Short description|Singaporean police detective}}
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Richard Lim Beng Gee ({{zh|s=林明义|p=Lín Míngyì}}; 29 November 1951 - 16 January 2016){{cite web |title=Visiting Dad |website=Janeeeee's Blog |via=WordPress |date=23 Jan 2017 |url=https://janeeeee.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/visiting-dad/ |access-date=17 December 2024}} was a police detective in the Singapore Police Force.
Biography
Lim was born in Penang, Malaysia. At the age of 20, he travelled to Singapore for a job interview with the Police Force, and joined the police force in 1972. During his 31-year career, he helped solve many notable crimes, such as the case of Anthony Ler, who paid a 15-year youth to kill his wife Annie Leong in 2001.
Lim retired from the police force in 2003 due to his worsening diabetes.{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=Huiwen |date=18 January 2016 |title=Ex-top detective Richard Lim Beng Gee - who helped solve Anthony Ler crime case - dies after heart attack |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ex-top-detective-richard-lim-beng-gee-who-helped-solve-anthony-ler-crime-case-dies-after |access-date=1 August 2023 |issn=0585-3923}}{{Cite web |date=20 January 2016 |title=Former detective Richard Lim Beng Gee, 65, dies: 5 high-profile cases he helped crack |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/former-detective-richard-lim-beng-gee-65-dies-5-high-profile-cases-he-helped-crack |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}}