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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Lim Tean fined $30,000 in disciplinary case over handling of client’s money

The court said Lim Tean was "not dishonest" when he deposited a $30,000 cheque into his firm's office account.

Shanmugam says Bloomberg article was crafted to suggest he was involved in shady deals

Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam arriving at the High Court on April 9.

Bloomberg’s lawyer denies Shanmugam was targeted in article on GCBs

Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam leaving the High Court on April 8.

Bloomberg had ‘agenda’ in running article on his property sale: Shanmugam during defamation trial

On Jan 6, 2025, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam (left) and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng filed separate claims against the US media organisation and the reporter behind the story, Mr Low De Wei.

Man fails in claim for 4 luxury watches he alleged were gifts from father-in-law

The older man, an avid watch collector, had passed the watches - a Hublot, a Rolex, a Jaeger-LeCoultre and a Corum - to his then son-in-law.

21 years’ jail for ex-Shell employee who played leading role in $100m fuel heist

Richard Goh leaving the State Courts on 23 February 2021. He was among three former Shell Eastern Petroleum employees linked to a $200 million gas oil heist and has been charged with bribing employees of surveying companies who inspected vessels which the oil giant supplied fuel to.

Man sued by former colleague for alleged sexual assault in 2016 wins appeal

The High Court judge disagreed with the district judge’s finding that the woman’s account of the alleged assault was corroborated by text messages exchanged between her and the man following the incident on July 10, 2016.

Man fails in bid to get court to disregard prenup ring-fencing ex-wife’s assets

The actual monetary outcome favoured the husband due to the changes in the composition of the pool of matrimonial assets.

High Court sets aside duo’s acquittal of bribing then LTA official, cites copying by district judge

In a written judgment, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said district judge Soh Tze Bian had arrived at his decision to acquit Pay Teow Heng (right) and Pek Lian Guan in breach of natural justice.

Company managing director who raped woman he met through work gets 14½ years’ jail, caning

Lee, who is the managing director of his company, denied raping the woman. He was found guilty on Feb 10 following a trial.

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