Singaporean tanker owner and oil trader Lim Oon Kuin was brought before a court in Singapore on Friday, charged with abetment of forgery for the purpose of cheating.

The founder of Hin Leong Trading, Ocean Tankers and the Xihe Group was accused of instigating a Hin Leong employee to forge a document that stated that the company had transferred more than 1m barrels of gasoil to China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp.