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David committed suicide, not murdered: Singaporean Court

The Jakarta Post | Wed, 07/29/2009 5:50 PM
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The Singaporean coroner’s court has decided to halt its investigation into the controversial death of Indonesian student David Hartanto Widjaya following its conclusion that his death was a suicide and not murder.

During Wednesday’s trial, judge Victor Yeoh said the results of an investigation and evidence presented before the court proved David had committed suicide.

“I rejected all the evidence from the victim’s family,” Yeoh said to tempointeraktif.com.

David’s father, Hartono Widjaya, said he was very disappointed with the verdict because the judge did not reveal this evidence as promised.

“The judge preferred to use testimonies from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU). This is unfair,” Hartono said.

David’s brother, William Hartanto Widjaya, said the court had based its verdict on flawed and false testimonies.

On March 6, 21-year old David fell to his death from the fourth floor of the NTU building after stabbing Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk in the back in his office. David’s parents have forever dismissed this theory, claiming their son had no reason to kill himself. (ewd)
 
 


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