We, the immediate family of Benjamin Lim Jun Hui are writing this letter to members of the public to seek financial donation to support legal action against the Ministry of Education and the Singapore Police Force.

Benjamin passed away on 26 January 2016, the same day he was taken to Ang Mo Kio Police Division from North View Secondary School ( unaccompanied by any adult from his family or school ) during school hours for questioning in relation to an alleged offence . He was brought back home on the same day by his mother and Sister after spending more than three hours in the police station where he underwent interrogation, and jumped from height to his death after a call was made by the School Counselor to his Mother later that  afternoon.

The family has been advised that the case raises many troubling issues regarding the duty of care expected of our schools towards school children and also the care owed by our police force to members of the public. We therefore appeal to concerned citizens to help us in our cause .

The family of Benjamin wishes to seek justice for him. The family has engaged a lawyer and raised about S$15K to fight the case. However, legal action of this nature is financially very challenging and will cost a lot more than $15K.  We therefore appeal to concerned members of the public for support to fund the legal challenge, which may run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Our son Benjamin was 14 years old when he died, today he would be 16.  Every birthday, every CNY, every family gathering we grieve his absence which is accompanied by a prescient fact that this could happen again today to another set of parents; another family could feel the tragic loss of their child due to our authorities choosing not to learn from Benjamin's death, and use the lessons learned to progress their systems and protect vulnerable children of Singapore.

We are not a wealthy family.  To get the legal advice needed to get us to this stage has cost thousands already, a sum that we have had to save and amass over the past year or so.  We are now ready with the legal and community support to continue in our effort to make sure that Benjamin's death was not in vain and that although we are powerless now to help Benjamin, we do have the power to make sure that other Singaporean children are better protected.

For anyone who wish to contribute via direct banking, you may transfer any amount to POSB saving account 421-54167-1. This account was recently set up by the family to gather funds for the purpose above stated.

We thank you for your support and do feel free to write to us at [email protected] if you have any questions or if you need further clarification.

Note: This campaign is created by Terry because the family has no idea how to raise money from the public and it is their first time dealing with this. The beneficial account is set to the family so all money will be sent to the family and will not be handled by the creator of this campaign.

The family has engaged a lawyer and raised about S$15K to fight the case. However, legal action of this nature is financially very challenging and will cost a lot more than $15K.  We therefore appeal to concerned members of the public for support to fund the legal challenge, which may run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

We have been advised that this type of  lawsuit will cost upwards of $200k.  Litigation in Singapore is very expensive but has the potential to bring about real change for our future generations. However. we feel as parents that the circumstances of the death of our son were not adequately handled or settled by the authorities involved.  The outcome we received in no way protects the children of Singapore and we hope that legal action can create the changes needed to protect all our young people in the future.