A FORMER employee of Singaporean socialite Kim Lim has been jailed for 22 months after stealing a luxury watch and cash, misusing a company credit card and drink-driving a company vehicle.
Tey Jing Wen, 33, was also fined S$3,500 (about RM11,200) and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for two years from her release.
She pleaded guilty on Oct 8 to five charges, including theft by a servant, criminal breach of trust, driving without a valid licence and drink-driving. Another five charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
According to CNA, Tey stole a Patek Philippe watch worth S$73,000 and red packets containing about S$8,000 from Lim’s office safe between November 2024 and June 2025. She later sold the watch for S$16,500, using part of the proceeds to repay unauthorised credit card spending.
Tey, who had worked as a human resources assistant at Lim’s company, KL Health, since June 2022, was entrusted with the safe’s combination in August 2024.
She also spent S$19,191.12 on a company credit card at two establishments over eight transactions in May 2025. Other charges involved allegedly obtaining S$10,101 worth of beverages using the card and misappropriating another S$74,000.
She was also accused of stealing Lim’s personal belongings, including designer jewellery, clothing and perfumes worth at least S$11,234.
Tey was arrested on June 3, 2025, after a traffic police officer spotted her driving against the flow of traffic along Coleman Lane. She recorded 46 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath, above Singapore’s legal limit of 35 microgrammes, and was driving without a valid licence or insurance.
The vehicle had been rented by KL Health for company errands. Tey had taken it without Lim’s permission while her employer was overseas and driven to Tanjong Pagar for dinner.
