An Indonesian student who stabbed his professor and later fell to his death
at a Singapore
university on Monday had his scholarship revoked just two weeks ago, The
Strait Times reports.
A spokesman of the Nanyang
Technological University
confirmed that David Hartanto Widjaja's ASEAN Scholarship had been terminated
last month.
On Monday, the 21-year-old had knifed his supervisor, Associate Professor Chan
Kap Luk, 45, in the back during a discussion in his office, and then slit his
own wrists before fleeing and falling four floors to his death.
Despite having had frequent conversations with his mother in the past fortnight,
David had kept his parents in the dark about his situation.
According to David's mother, David had never said anything to her about having
problems with his scholarship, Indonesian Embassy first secretary Yayan G. H.
Mulyana said.
Most of his friends also did not know. Many who were interviewed yesterday said
they had thought he was doing well with his studies.
"I didn't know he had lost the scholarship. We never expected him to do
something like this," said one, a fourth-year mechanical and production
engineering student who refused to be named.
On Monday, David was given a teary farewell at a local crematorium. In
attendance were his parents and elder brother who flew in from Jakarta on Monday evening. (dre)
