Singapore woman admits ‘vicious’ hotpot attack that permanently scarred man

Lim Si Hui was caught on closed-circuit television flipping a pot of boiling soup onto the victim after claiming he had damaged her mobile phone

The victim had to undergo four skin grafts to treat his burns and was seen by psychiatrists for post traumatic stress because of the incident

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The attack left the victim with severe burns on nearly one-third of his body, including his abdomen, legs and around the genitals. Photo: Shutterstock

Published: 11:31am, 3 Jan 2024

After claiming that a man had damaged her mobile phone, Lim Si Hui walked into a hotpot restaurant in Singapore and flipped a pot of boiling soup onto him, causing burns to nearly one-third of his body that required several skin grafts.

The 33-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty on Tuesday to voluntarily causing grievous hurt by means of a heated substance.

Another charge for voluntarily causing hurt to the same victim by slapping him three times on the face will be taken into account when Lim returns to court on January 25 for sentencing.

The court heard that sometime before 11pm on April 19, 2022, Lim got into an argument with the victim, Martin Boey, at the opening of a bar called FML Bar in Prinsep Street.

Boey had allegedly damaged Lim’s mobile phone during an argument between the pair.

This was when Lim slapped Boey out of anger before they moved out of the bar to talk things out.

After speaking to the police, who were called to the scene, Lim returned to the bar to continue drinking while Boey left with two of his friends and his girlfriend to have supper at a nearby hotpot restaurant.