Shaffiq Alkhatib is a Court Correspondent at The Straits Times. With a background in crime and justice reporting, he covers themes such as court proceedings, legal reform, corporate fraud, and financial crimes. Shaffiq's work has been featured in The Star Online, Newswav, Asia International News, and various editions of The Straits Times.
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Shaffiq Alkhatib focuses primarily on local crime and legal proceedings in Singapore. His coverage predominantly includes evolving stories, legal policy regulation, and breaking news related to crime and court cases.
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By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Dr Jai Prashanth Rao, SGH neurosurgery head and NNI senior consultant, did not report Tan Suan Lin's death to the coroner in 2024.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Clinical Assistant Professor Jai Prashanth Rao operated on the woman before she died in January 2024. Read more at straitstimes.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Shaiful Ridzwan Abdul Razak was earlier convicted of driving without a licence on March 28, 2002, and Nov 1, 2006.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
A 57-year-old man was jailed for assaulting his two teenagers. He attacked his daughter after thinking she had smoked a Kpod and assaulted his son who told him to be quiet.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Former enforcement supervisor Michael Anthony Pillay had been accused of trying to obtain $8,000 in bribes from Chua Wee Ming who dealt with vape products.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Ex-Scoot crew member Muhammad Fadzil Nasir, 38, was sentenced to 11 months' jail on Oct 27. He had misappropriated nearly $65,000 of the low-cost carrier's food and beverage sales proceeds.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
Satish Jason Prabahas was sentenced to a year and 10 months and four strokes of the cane for assaulting Naviinjaay C Nathan in September 2024.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
LBD Engineering was charged with operating an unlicensed foreign worker dormitory at a Sungei Kadut Loop factory between July 2025 and January 2026.
Sonik Archana Susheel was fined $2,500 for molesting another woman, who was then working in a nightspot. The 20-year-old victim was walking past Sonik who was dancing erratically.
By: Shaffiq Alkhatib
A youth worker at a home for young people in need of protection committed sexual offences against an underage former resident in 2022.
