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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Man appeals against High Court ruling after being awarded 95% of $23m matrimonial assets

The husband had contended that most of the assets held in his name or jointly with his children from a previous marriage should be excluded from the pool of matrimonial assets.

High Court sets benchmark jail term for those who drive despite having lost their licence

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said a driver who once had a driving licence but lost it completely is more culpable than a driver who has never held a licence.

Man acquitted of molesting woman in nursing room; judge finds woman’s testimony ‘problematic’

Justice Tan noted that during the trial, the defence repeatedly pressed the woman on why she had not simply left the restaurant.

Truth decay, echo chambers a challenge for Singapore courts: Chief Justice

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon in an interview with the media at the Supreme Court on May 22.

Nearly 15 years’ jail for man over death of woman, 19, who was tortured in Clementi flat

Lim Peng Tiong pleaded guilty on Feb 9 to a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for causing her death.

Drink-driving suspect who failed to give blood sample acquitted

The judge said the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the man’s doctor had authorised the taking of a blood sample from the patient.

Man who raped, sexually assaulted younger sister gets 18 years’ jail and caning

The first sexually penetrative acts occurred when the victim was six to seven years old and the perpetrator was 13 to 14 years old.

TOC’s Terry Xu ordered to pay more than $154,000 in costs to Shanmugam, Tan See Leng

Mr Shanmugam, the Coordinating Minister for National Security, was awarded $$44,398.25 in disbursements, while Manpower Minister Dr Tan was awarded $32,064.25.

Man gets jail, caning for sexually assaulting domestic helper near her employer’s home

Hossain Mohammad Azim assaulted the woman after he confronted her for being with another man.

Man loses share of rent from Yishun coffee shop as sisters win appeal over late mum’s estate

Mr Tia Oon Lai, 70, had sought 50 per cent of the rent his mother collected from 1998 to 2018, which he claimed was about $7 million.

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