New evidence surfaces
FRESH evidence has surfaced to put the Romanian embassy's charge
d'affaires in the Sungei Kadut area where the embassy's car - which
was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident - was found abandoned
later that morning.
A cabby yesterday told The Straits Times that he had picked up
Dr Silviu Ionescu, the highest ranking Romanian embassy official in
Singapore, at 3am-3.30am on Dec 15 in the Sungei Kadut area, after
Dr Ionescu had flagged him down.
The industrial area is about 5km from Bukit Panjang, where the
embassy's Audi A6 car hit three pedestrians at about 3.10am. One
victim, who suffered severe brain damage, has since died.
The taxi driver who picked up Dr Ionescu told The Straits Times
he had seen a Caucasian man wearing a jacket at the junction of
Sungei Kadut Avenue and Woodlands Road and had slowed to a halt. He
later told the police that his passenger was Dr Ionescu.
Upon entering the cab, Dr Ionescu told the driver to head to
Bukit Timah. But when they reached Bukit Timah, the cabby was told
to head to Cluny Park Road.
About 10 minutes into the cab ride, Dr Ionescu asked the cabby
how he could contact the police. The cabby said he told him to call
999.
The cabby, who wanted to be known only as Mr Neo, said Dr
Ionescu then called the police and said his car had gone missing.
He then made another call, which Mr Neo said was in a foreign
language. Mr Neo said he was unable to smell any alcohol on Dr
Ionescu's breath.
--ST