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
DBS employee saves elderly woman from being scammed
Pritam Singh loses appeal against conviction: Key points from the case
MOM to scrap Performing Artiste Work Permit scheme due to widespread abuse by syndicates
Critical for S’pore to identify maritime threats, as terrorist attacks can come from sea: Shanmugam
As X platform rolls out new location feature, global and local ripples follow
Singaporean man linked to international scam syndicate caught hiding in Myanmar
Police order TikTok, Facebook to disable ex-ISA detainee’s accounts over inflammatory posts
Driver arrested near Potong Pasir as annual anti-drink driving campaign is launched
22 months’ jail for Sim Lim Square retailer selling illegal streaming devices showing EPL games
‘Deliberate subversion’ of P1 registration framework can lead to jail sentence: Judge
