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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Independent probe under way at Law Society following allegations of workplace bullying

The investigation, which is being conducted by TSMP Law Corporation, was commissioned by the Law Society’s audit committee in September.

askST: Why are there new rules on psychiatric expert evidence in criminal court cases?

From Dec 31, psychiatrists must be admitted to a panel before they can testify as an expert in criminal proceedings.

Law Society members strike compromise over election of new president

The group have called for an extraordinary general meeting on Dec 22 to protest Mr Dinesh’s election as president.

Jail term upped to 5 years for man who caused accident that left auxiliary cop in vegetative state

Yoong Kok Kai chose to drive home after three consecutive drinking sessions involving a mixture of hard liquor and beer.

Jail, caning for man who raped 12-year-old girl, tried to obstruct trial with hunger strike

The sexual acts took place on April 18, 2022 at a secluded open space in the vicinity of Vanda Link, near the Sixth Avenue MRT station.

Migrant worker given jail term over bogus work injury claim fails in his High Court appeal

The judge said the evidence supported the prosecution’s case that Khabirul was only at the workplace to stage an accident so that he could make a false claim for compensation..

Jail, caning for PhD student who tried to rape woman after she rejected his advances

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Jail, caning for man who sexually abused younger sister for a decade since she was 7

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Fugitive Charles Yeo struck off rolls; court finds him ‘thoroughly unfit’ to be a lawyer

Fugitive lawyer Charles Yeo Yao Hui at the State Courts, on Jan 19, 2022.

Woman who filed numerous criminal complaints rapped for wasting court and police resources

The woman has been instituting vexatious legal proceedings "habitually and without any reasonable grounds", said the magistrate.

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