Journalist, The Straits Times
Singapore
Nadine started out as a journalist at The New Paper before moving to the crime desk at The Straits Times in 2021. Her reporting covers areas ranging from social issues and the scam scourge in Singapore to the country’s largest money laundering scandal. One of her scoops on that $3 billion money laundering case was ST’s Story of the Year in 2023. She has also covered high-profile political crime cases, such as former transport minister S. Iswaran’s graft probe.
Nadine Chua covers crime and court cases for The Straits Times, focusing recently on violent domestic abuse, sexual offences, and child protection failures. She also reports on notable scams, such as an elaborate con that led a Singaporean woman to lose $600,000.