Must be a PRC assassin!! Because they have a tendency to mispell alot!! 
SINGAPORE: Day Two of the coroner's inquiry into the death of American researcher Shane Todd saw lawyers for the Todd family offering various hypothesis in an attempt to show that Dr Todd did not take his own life.
This led to a robust exchange with Senior State Counsel Tai Wei Shyong who asked if their line of questioning are statements of fact or mere allegations.
This prompted counsel for the Todd family, Amarjit Singh Sidhu, to say that he is "not making any wild suggestions".
The Todd family's lawyers raised several possibilities on Tuesday morning.
Among them - was it be possible that Dr Todd died elsewhere and his body moved to his apartment since no blood stains were found? Was it possible that furniture in Dr Todd's apartment were moved back to their original position to give an impression that there was no struggle?
An attempt to show a police news release in court was disallowed by District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt.
The Todd family's lawyers again alleged that material evidence at the scene was not preserved.
They argued that Dr Todd's body should not have been brought down from a hanging position before forensics arrived.
Officers who were questioned reiterated that it is protocol to bring down a body in a hanging case as the priority is to save a life.
The court heard again that Dr Todd's apartment was not ransacked, there was no sign of a struggle, no signs of forced entry and no blood stains were found.
At one point, the Todd family's lawyers tried to show that a different version of how Dr Todd had died was told to his family.
The lawyers alleged that investigating officer Khaldun Sharif had told Dr Todd's parents that police found holes drilled in the wall in Dr Todd's bedroom and there were ropes with pulleys attached to the toilet door.
Officer Khaldun has not taken the stand.
In the afternoon session, lawyers for the Todd family threw up another possibility - that the suicide notes left behind were not written by Dr Todd.
They pointed to a sentence in which Dr Todd spoke about "fishing and snorkeling in the Keys", an area in South Florida.
The lawyers argued that Dr Todd could not have written the line as the word "Keys" was misspelled.
Mr Sidhu said Dr Todd grew up in the area and would not have gotten the spelling of "Keys" wrong.
The correct spelling is "Keyes".
A handwriting expert from the Health Sciences Authority told the court later that the handwriting on Post-It notes found in Dr Todd's bedroom matched his writings in his notebook.
One of the post-its had a password written on it.
When officers used the password to access Dr Todd's computer, they found the suicide notes.
Also revealed in court - DNA imprints of four other unknown persons were found on the towel and strap which were wrapped around Dr Todd's neck.
The strap was cut by police officers at the scene when they brought down Dr Todd's body.
On Monday, the court heard that Dr Todd was found hanged with a black cord from the bathroom door in his bedroom.
Police officers found suicide notes left behind addressed to his friends and family.
It was also revealed that Dr Todd had sought treatment for depression and accessed suicide and depression-related websites before his death.
The 31-year-old was found hanged in his Singapore apartment in June last year in an apparent suicide.
His parents, though, believe he was murdered over the work he did, possibly involving technology transfers to China while working for the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) in Singapore.
- CNA/
SINGAPORE: Day Two of the coroner's inquiry into the death of American researcher Shane Todd saw lawyers for the Todd family offering various hypothesis in an attempt to show that Dr Todd did not take his own life.
This led to a robust exchange with Senior State Counsel Tai Wei Shyong who asked if their line of questioning are statements of fact or mere allegations.
This prompted counsel for the Todd family, Amarjit Singh Sidhu, to say that he is "not making any wild suggestions".
The Todd family's lawyers raised several possibilities on Tuesday morning.
Among them - was it be possible that Dr Todd died elsewhere and his body moved to his apartment since no blood stains were found? Was it possible that furniture in Dr Todd's apartment were moved back to their original position to give an impression that there was no struggle?
An attempt to show a police news release in court was disallowed by District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt.
The Todd family's lawyers again alleged that material evidence at the scene was not preserved.
They argued that Dr Todd's body should not have been brought down from a hanging position before forensics arrived.
Officers who were questioned reiterated that it is protocol to bring down a body in a hanging case as the priority is to save a life.
The court heard again that Dr Todd's apartment was not ransacked, there was no sign of a struggle, no signs of forced entry and no blood stains were found.
At one point, the Todd family's lawyers tried to show that a different version of how Dr Todd had died was told to his family.
The lawyers alleged that investigating officer Khaldun Sharif had told Dr Todd's parents that police found holes drilled in the wall in Dr Todd's bedroom and there were ropes with pulleys attached to the toilet door.
Officer Khaldun has not taken the stand.
In the afternoon session, lawyers for the Todd family threw up another possibility - that the suicide notes left behind were not written by Dr Todd.
They pointed to a sentence in which Dr Todd spoke about "fishing and snorkeling in the Keys", an area in South Florida.
The lawyers argued that Dr Todd could not have written the line as the word "Keys" was misspelled.
Mr Sidhu said Dr Todd grew up in the area and would not have gotten the spelling of "Keys" wrong.
The correct spelling is "Keyes".
A handwriting expert from the Health Sciences Authority told the court later that the handwriting on Post-It notes found in Dr Todd's bedroom matched his writings in his notebook.
One of the post-its had a password written on it.
When officers used the password to access Dr Todd's computer, they found the suicide notes.
Also revealed in court - DNA imprints of four other unknown persons were found on the towel and strap which were wrapped around Dr Todd's neck.
The strap was cut by police officers at the scene when they brought down Dr Todd's body.
On Monday, the court heard that Dr Todd was found hanged with a black cord from the bathroom door in his bedroom.
Police officers found suicide notes left behind addressed to his friends and family.
It was also revealed that Dr Todd had sought treatment for depression and accessed suicide and depression-related websites before his death.
The 31-year-old was found hanged in his Singapore apartment in June last year in an apparent suicide.
His parents, though, believe he was murdered over the work he did, possibly involving technology transfers to China while working for the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) in Singapore.
- CNA/
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