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
Ian Fang’s PR status revoked, ex-actor to be deported after serving jail term for sexual offences
Drug dealers, underage drivers caught using deregistered vehicles as cases surge
Police reviewing massage establishment licensing scheme; tighter regulations expected soon
Meta must have facial recognition measures for notable Facebook users in S’pore or risk $1m fine
Police testing new vest that reduces back strain, improves comfort and has body-cooling system
Architect Liu Thai Ker, Singapore’s first master planner, dies at 87
New lab in Changi cuts pandemic testing time by a third, improves cargo testing capacity tenfold
Only 1 suspect found in 12 hit-and-run accident cases caused by cyclists, AMD users since 2023
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
