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Singaporean lawyer Lim Tean was arrested in Johor and deported back to Singapore after failing to surrender for a jail term.

Lim Tean, a Singapore-based lawyer and politician, was arrested in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, after failing to surrender to serve a jail term in Singapore. Malaysian authorities handed him over to the Singapore police, resulting in his deportation back to Singapore. Additionally, two men who allegedly assisted in his escape to Johor have been formally charged. This sequence of events attracted significant media coverage and public interest in Singapore and the region.