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NTU students returning from their mid-term one-week break were
shocked at the double tragedies which happened at about 10.30am on
the sixth floor, where the offices of the lecturers are located.
The School of EEE is next to the School of Communications.
Prof Chan Kap Luk is said to be the supervisor of the student in
a project.
The body of the student is still lying on the grass verge.
Trails of bloodstains were seen at the attack scene, where a
blood-soaked blue shirt was found.
An eye-witness, Mr Liu Yan, 24, a final-year electronic
enginneeing student, said he and his friend were studying in the
Techno Plaza on the fourth level, when he happened to look out and
saw a student with blood on his arm running across a bridge which
links the School of EEE and the plaza.
Next, he saw the student on the glass rooftop of the bridge and
moments later, he was no longer there. The rooftop was covered with
blood splatter, he said.
'I immediately called the police and then, with my friend,
rushed down to check. We were shocked to see the student's body at
the foot of the block,' said Mr Liu.
An NTU spokesman said it would issue a press statement later on
Monday.
Prof Chan is the Deputy Director of Biomedical Engineering
Research Centre, at the NTU's division of Information Engineering.
He was been with the School of EEE since 1992.
He received his Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering from
Queen Mary College of University of London, UK, and PhD degrees
from the Imperial College of University of London.
According to his website, his research interests include
computer vision and machine learning. He has done significant
research work his research areas and published over 40 top quality
international conference and journal papers.
