On 30 August 1996, Lim's cousin Teo Kim Hong was hanged for murder. In May 2007, Teo's brother Teo Cheow Kim was sentenced to death for trafficking 30.37g of heroin. Lim Ah Tee had also been charged with drug trafficking in the same case as Teo but avoided the death penalty after the prosecution granted him a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.
