Selina Lum

Senior Law Correspondent

Selina started out as a crime reporter when she joined The Straits Times in 2000. She then took on broadcast journalism when she moved to Straits Times TV News. After her TV stint, she found her true calling in covering the courts and legal matters.

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10 years’ jail, 24 strokes of cane for man who was 10 when he began sexually assaulting cousin

High Court Judge Valerie Thean gave a sentencing reduction on account of the perpetrator’s youth at the time.

Lawyers have to be legally strong and digitally fluent to thrive in future: Edwin Tong

Minister for Law Edwin Tong delivering his keynote address at The Next Charter: Shaping Singapore?s Legal Future Together event, held to commemorate SGLaw200, which marks 200 years since the enactment of the Second Charter of Justice, at the Raffles City Convention Centre on March 6, 2026. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Jail, caning for man who sexually abused daughter, claimed it ‘takes two hands to clap’

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The Supreme Courts at Supreme Court Lane.

TOC editor, publisher ordered to pay $125k for defaming UOB over ‘baseless’ claims by former client

ID confirmed by Photog Kelvin Chng and Shaffiq ST

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5. (In Black)Terry Xu and (In lighter colour)Daniel Augustin De Costa:

They defamed members of the Cabinet were defamed.

Miti and sentencing at 230pm in 10A (Shaffiq)

An earlier report: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/lawyer-m-ravi-no-longer-representing-toc-contributor-convicted-of-defaming-cabinet-members

Hin Leong founder O.K. Lim’s jail term cut to 13½ years after appeal to High Court

Hin Leong founder OK Lim arriving at the Supreme Court for the court hearing on March 4.

Jail, caning for man who raped domestic worker outside MRT station after posing as cop

Sharveen Chetty, a Malaysian, was sentenced to 12 years' jail and 12 stokes of he cane.

Shanmugam and Tan See Leng at High Court hearing over defamation suits against TOC’s Terry Xu

Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam driving and leaving Supreme Court on Feb 26.

Jail, caning for man who raped and impregnated stepdaughter, who has intellectual disabilities

The judge noted that that the victim was especially vulnerable due to her age and her intellectual disability.

Lawyer and politician Lim Tean gets longer jail term for practising law without valid certificate

Lim Tean was originally given six weeks’ jail and a fine of $1,000 by a district judge in February 2025. for practising as a lawyer without valid certificate.

24 years’ jail for man who sexually assaulted girlfriend’s daughter in van and at home

In sentencing, Justice Aidan Xu considered the harm caused to a very young victim and that the man had taken advantage of his relationship with the girl’s mother.

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