Singapore Police Respond to Article On Widjaja Death The Jakarta Globe, Monday, April 13, 2009
I refer to your article, “Student’s Family Denies Suicide Claim” published in the Jakarta Globe on April 2. Below are comments made by the Singapore Police spokesman in reply to media queries on this case: An autopsy on David Widjaja was conducted by the Health Sciences Authorities on March 3, 2009, as required by Singapore law. The HSA is responsible for all forensic postmortem examinations in Singapore and is an independent authority from the Singapore Police. We understand that the parents of David Widjaja had authorized Nanyang Technological University to collect the autopsy report on their behalf. When NTU was informed that the autopsy report was ready on April 2 in the afternoon, an officer from NTU collected the autopsy report the same afternoon and sent it to the parents in the morning, or April 3. In the Jakarta Globe report, the newspaper reported that the “family had also been informed by a Singaporean police officer, Soh Chee Ing, who had the opportunity to see David’s body, that there were no cuts on his wrists, which was contradictory to NTU’s version.” This is incorrect. Our officer, Soh Chee Eng, did not make any comments on the deceased’s injuries to his next-of-kin as erroneously reported by the Jakarta Globe. It is unhelpful for uninvolved parties, including the media, to speculate on the circumstances or cause of death or comments on how the case is being handled. Police investigations are continuing and the police will be thorough in its investigations to establish what actually happened. A coroner’s inquiry will be held. Singapore law requires that in all unnatural deaths, the state coroner has the power to hold an inquiry into the death unless it is later found to be due to natural causes. The coroner’s inquiry is held in open court where the coroner would inquire on the full circumstances of the death, including whether any person is criminally involved in the cause of the death. Police investigations are presented fully to the coroner for the purpose. While the date of the coroner’s inquiry has not been fixed, the case has been fixed for further court mention on April 17. The intention is to ascertain the progress of investigations as of the date of the mention. The family of David Widjaja will be kept informed of further developments on the case. Rajpal Singh First Secretary, Singapore Embassy in Jakarta Source: THE JAKARTA GLOBE URL: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/letters/article/16343.html Lebih aman saat online. Upgrade ke Internet Explorer 8 baru dan lebih cepat yang dioptimalkan untuk Yahoo! agar Anda merasa lebih aman. Gratis. Dapatkan IE8 di sini! http://downloads.yahoo.com/id/internetexplorer/ ------------------------------------ http://www.SuratPembaca.info Komunitas Surat Pembaca IndonesiaYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surat-pembaca/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surat-pembaca/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
