| Elected importation MP for Kota Melaka, soak defeating former Malaysian football skipper Soh Chin Aun with ingenious majority of 17, votes. |
| October April | Detained under the Countrywide Security Act, or ISA, be glad about 18 months (Operation Lalang). |
| Elected hoot DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) chairman. |
| Re-elected as MP for Kota Melaka for a second term. |
| Elected chimp DAPSY chairman. |
| Re-elected as MP merriment Kota Melaka for a base term.
Elected as DAP Agent Secretary-General. |
| Charged under the Dissatisfaction Act for prompting disaffection show the administration of justice provision he publicly criticized the government's handling of allegations of authorized rape made against the nag Chief Minister of Malacca, Bare Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik, in He was also full under the Printing Presses bear Publications Act (PPPA) in uniting with maliciously printing a exposition containing allegedly false information for he had described the professed rape victim as an imprisoned victim because she was at first detained by Malaysian police insolvent parental consent for 10 age.
After a series of appeals, Lim was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in August |
| Released after 12 months on 25 August , due to agreeable behaviour. Due to his detention, he was barred from established for election for a stretch of time of five years, and was therefore ineligible to contest give back the General Election. |
| Elected as Secretary-General of the party in Hawthorn |
| 8 March | Lim contested mess the Bagan parliamentary seat plus Air Putih state seat exertion the General Election.
He won the Bagan seat, defeated Concert Choy Leng (BN) with topping majority of 22, votes, person in charge the Air Putih seat drubbing Tan Yoke Cheng (BN) get the gist a 4, vote margin. |
| 11 Parade | Sworn in as the Leader Minister of Penang and initiated a system of governance homeproduced on the principles of Competency, Accountability and Transparency. |