David Sun
Crime Correspondent
David did six internships with Singapore Press Holdings from 2011 to 2017 before joining The New Paper in 2018 and moving to The Straits Times in 2021. As a crime correspondent, he is drawn to stories involving social harm, injustice, death, violence, sex, corruption, scams and fraud. He won the Young Journalist of the Year award in 2018 and was nominated for Journalist of the Year in 2019 and 2023. His background in criminology and interest in sleuthing also led to him taking up a licence as a private investigator.
Latest articles
Police to apply to distribute $1.5m in seized assets to claimants in Genneva gold scam: Shanmugam
Some 1,200 people, 50 companies have bank, telco and Singpass access restricted over scams
Over 70% of residential AMD fires between 2022 and 2025 involved uncertified, modified devices
Action to be taken against owners of 141 lorries who did not install speed limiters by Jan 1
Singapore welcomes 2026 with dazzling fireworks, heartland cheer
Alleged scam caller in Cambodia-based, Singaporean-run syndicate charged
6 years’ jail for 80-year-old who was on the run for 33 years after fatally stabbing debtor in 1990
2026 outlook: What’s next for crime – and the top stories of 2025
Year-end clampdown on crime in Singapore sees over 1,700 people investigated, more than 500 arrested
Jail for syndicate member who stole luxury watches, cash from SIA business class passenger
