Parents identify body of NTU student who
stabbed professor
body of NTU undergraduate David Widjaja, who jumped to his death
after stabbing his professor on campus, has been identified by his
parents at the Singapore General Hospital mortuary.
They flew in from Jakarta yesterday evening after the school
authorities notified them of the tragedy.
Speaking to 938LIVE, President of NTU Su Guaning said that
David's parents were briefed of the entire incident.
"We informed the parents of the student very quickly after the
incident happened, and they flew into Singapore yesterday evening.
We accompanied them all the way and put them up at the university
campus. And they had a briefing of all the details, as well as
looking at the actual place where the incident happened. We
arranged for some of the students, good friends, to brief them on
the students life here in NTU."
David's parents and his elder brother were accompanied by NTU
counsellors and officials from the Indonesian Embassy here.
Professor Su said they're still deciding whether to bring the
body back to Jakarta or cremate him in Singapore.
Meanwhile,
Professor Chan Kap Luk is recovering at the NUH, after
undergoing an emergency operation yesterday to stitch up the wounds
to his back.
A finger on his right hand was also placed in a splint.
He's expected to be discharged in a few days' time, says
Professor Su.
"Professor Chan is still in hospital. Although when I saw the
doctor yesterday when I visited him, the doctors say if he does
well he might even be discharged today but we're not counting on
that necessarily. But it will certainly be a few days' time before
he is discharged anyway."
--938Live