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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Do Kwon appealing against dismissal of $18.4m claim over aborted purchase of Ardmore penthouse

The man had made various payments totalling $19.4 million to the vendor before he ultimately decided not to go ahead with the purchase of the unit.

Judge rejects woman’s bid to sell condo bought in trust for son, citing lack of disclosure

Ms Tan did not disclose that she she lost a lawsuit against AIA over a $1m life policy taken out by her husband, who fell to his death in Australia.

‘Brazen criminal’ who raped woman while out on bail for fourth time gets 19½ years’ jail, caning

avis Chionh described him as a “brazen criminal who basically thumbed his nose at the law”.

24 years’ jail for man who raped daughter after lover goaded him; woman given 22 years

The 54-year-old man was sentenced to 24 years’ jail, while his lover was sentenced to 22 years’ jail.

Woman loses lawsuit against mother for 50% stake in 26 Singapore properties

During the trial, Ms Prawesti testified that the family owned vast assets, including 50 other properties, an island, and large estates in Indonesia.

Bicycle parts firm loses defamation suit against influencer over scrapped product review

Facade of State Courts taken May 9, 2024. use for State Courts stories, court, crime.

Lawyer disbarred for spending over $4,300 on credit card found in private-hire car

The disbarment was handed down by the Court of Three Judges, which has the power to suspend or disbar errant lawyers.

Beauty salon wins suit against manager who coerced staff for free facials, pocketed money

Facade of State Courts taken May 9, 2024. use for State Courts stories, court, crime.

‘Love gone wrong’: Woman who fatally stabbed boyfriend in Ang Mo Kio gets life for murder

Nguyen Ngoc Giau (top right) stabbed Mr Cho Wang Keung in the common corridor outside his fifth-floor Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 flat shortly before 1am on July 15, 2021.

O.K. Lim’s daughter on trial for instructing IT staff to delete data from Hin Leong’s servers

Lim Huey Ching is accused of instructing Hin Leong’s assistant IT manager to ensure that deleted items on the firm’s servers must not be recoverable.

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