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Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

Senior Crime Correspondent

Zaihan is The Straits Times’ senior crime correspondent. He joined SPH in 1999 as a photographer, but discovered a love for journalism and became a reporter specialising in crime news and road safety. A recipient of SPH’s Journalist of the Year and Story of the Year awards in 2012, he is known for his investigative reporting on international football match-fixing. He is passionate about motorcycling and has written two books – on road safety and football match-fixing.

Latest articles

Number of seized contraband cigarettes remain high; some turn to cigarettes over vapes

The Singapore Customs seized 3.24 million packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes between January and November 2025.

Man arrested under anti-terrorism laws after suspicious item found in St Joseph’s Church in Bukit Timah

At about 1.45pm, a handcuffed man wearing a blue top was led to a white car by police officers.

Mandatory caning for scammers from Dec 30; increased penalties for speedsters from Jan 1

The enhanced penalties for scams and scam-related offences were introduced amid reports that showed Singapore has lost more than $3.4 billion to scams since 2019.

From stalemate to a hug: Volunteer court mediator who ended tenant-landlord spat among 27 honoured

Ms Ng Lee Lee (left) and Mr Choo Si Sen are two of the recipients of the Outstanding Court Volunteer Award.

‘Kelong king’ Wilson Raj convicted of human smuggling in Hungary; fugitive fled S’pore in 2010

zyfix23: Singapore convicted match fixer and fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal was convicted of human smuggling in Hungary in May 2025. Wilson Raj, 60, is appealing an 11-year sentence the courts had meted out for his conviction. 
Singaporean fugitive and convicted match fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal poses with with his two children in an old photograph taken in Hungary. A decade ago, when he was arrested in Finland in 2011, he made headlines after revealing to the investigators that he was part of a football match fixing syndicate with Balkan links, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan Seet Eng. Today, Wilson Raj is still making headlines with other types of crimes he is allegedly responsible for.

Fatal 2017 fire prompted Singapore ‘to learn from tragedy and to lead with purpose’: Expert

NFPA president and chief executive Jim Pauley speaking at the inaugural Singapore-International Disaster and Emergency Management Expo 2025 on Nov 19.

‘He’s my son’: Guardian of teen who died in basketball court accident has always seen herself as his mum

Madam Rahimah Lee Abdullah showed ST Mohd Ridwan's school medals over the years, which she has kept away since he died in July 2021 in an accident at a Bedok basketball court.

Man, 68, dies after slashing incident at Marine Parade condo; 23-year-old man to face murder charge

The police said that they received a call for help at 5000C Marine Parade Road at about 12.45pm.

Cleaner finds over 100 vapes stashed in bags in electrical riser in Tampines; HSA investigating

The vapes were discovered in a trolley bag and a plastic bag at Block 494D Tampines Street 43.

One of two suspects in Chin Swee murder taken to site under police escort

Poh Choon Kiat, 59, was taken to a unit on the 19th floor and a corridor of the 17th floor of Block 51 Chin Swee Road.