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Father of Singapore Stab Student Asks National Police for
Help
The father of a student who reportedly jumped to his death after
stabbing his lecturer at the Nanyang Technological University, or
NTU, in Singapore has lodged a complaint with
the National Police, claiming the circumstances surrounding the
death were “peculiar.”
Hartono Widjaja said he had heard nothing from Singaporean
authorities since the death of his son, David Hartanto Widjaja, on
March 2.
The response to his request to the police was hardly
satisfactory, Hartono said. “What the police did is unclear,” he
said. “They didn’t refuse my report but they didn’t really accept
it either. The officer said he wanted to talk with his commander
first.”
Asked what help he expected the police to provide given the
jurisdictional considerations, Hartono said he still believed the
police could help him uncover the true circumstances surrounding
his son’s death.
“As of today, there has been no statement from Singaporean
authorities or NTU about David’s autopsy
results. It’s been more than a month since his death.”
He said the Singaporeans claimed that David died after
committing suicide, but Hartono said he did not believe this.
“I want the police and the government to help investigate my
son’s case because his death was peculiar,” Hartono said.
“If David committed suicide by jumping from a building on the
university campus, he would have suffered numerous fractures, but
in fact he only sustained bruises.”
David, whose nickname was Ming Ming, had just had his academic
scholarship revoked before stabbing his professor, Chan Kap Luk
Chan — from NTU’s division of information
engineering — who is reportedly recovering from injuries to his
back and finger.
David was an enthusiastic computer gamer and was known as
outgoing, according to livinalife.blogspot.com, where friends gave
testimony on the student and revealed that he had stopped
communicating with friends about a week before his death.
The Straits Times newspaper reported that David had been
struggling with his final-year project, and that his academic
performance had dropped off.
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Sulistyo Ishak said the
police would study Hartono’s complaint before deciding on what
action to take, “because the case is outside our jurisdiction.”
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