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By 938 LIVE | Posted: 22 April 2009 1740 hrs Stabbing incident
at NTU SINGAPORE: A coroner's inquiry into the unnatural death of
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student David Hartanto
Widjaja has been set for next month. The 21-year-old student died
after falling from a campus building in March, after discussing his
final-year project with his supervisor Chan Kap Luk. Professor Chan
sustained stab wounds as a result of the incident and was
hospitalised. Mr Widjaja's parents and elder brother attended a
scheduled hearing at the Subordinate Court on Wednesday. Their
lawyer, Shashi Nathan, and State Counsel Shahla Iqbal, who is
assisting the court in the inquiry, spent almost an hour in the
chambers of State Coroner Victor Yeo before the matter was
mentioned in open court. "Today we have, in my view, quite a
fruitful meeting with the state counsel as well as the judge in his
chamber to discuss the parameters of this case, where we are going
to go and how we are going to move forward,” said Mr Nathan. “The
coroner's court has fixed the matter for the hearing for five days
in May, starting on May 20. And we have an idea of the various
witnesses that are going to come forward. So we will look at it
from that angle and take it from there." Following an hour-long
meeting in the state coroner's chambers, lawyer acting for the
Widjaja family told the media about 16 witnesses have been lined up
to testify at the inquiry from May 20 to 26, including the
pathologist who performed the autopsy. Professor Chan, who was the
last person to be seen together with David, is also expected to
testify. Mr Nathan said a formal meeting between the Widjaja family
and the police has also been arranged for Thursday. - CNA/yt