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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>May 27, 2009
NTU STUDENT'S DEATH FALL
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Blood in office came mostly from youth: Forensic scientist
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Sujin Thomas
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Ms Lim based her findings on photos, two visits to the NTU campus, and information from police. -- ST FILE PHOTO
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->PHOTOGRAPHS - 120 in all - were used to paint a likely scenario of events that transpired between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student David Hartanto Widjaja and Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk on March 2.
On that day, Mr Widjaja was found dead after falling four storeys from a link bridge on campus. Minutes before, he was seen running from the office of Prof Chan, his final-year project supervisor, after allegedly being in a knife struggle with him.
On the fifth day of the coroner's inquiry into Mr Widjaja's death, forensic scientist Lim Chin Chin told the court that her findings were based on the photographs, two visits to the campus in April, and information given by the police.
Ms Lim, from the Forensic Chemistry and Physics Laboratory of the Health Sciences Authority, took the witness stand yesterday, along with Dr Christopher Syn, a senior forensic scientist who conducted a DNA examination of blood taken at the scene.
She said almost all the bloodstains left behind in Prof Chan's office - including some found on the wall above a computer monitor - belonged to Mr Widjaja. Prof Chan had been seated near the computer when the alleged attack began.
These stains indicate the swing of an arm downwards from somewhere above the monitor where blood was either cast off from a wound or from a bloodstained object, she said.
Dr Syn told the court on Monday that only Mr Widjaja's blood was found on the knife handle. He added that the blade, which broke off during the struggle, had a mixture of Mr Widjaja and Prof Chan's blood.
Ms Lim said Prof Chan's blood was detected only on the floor near a computer table.
Blood from a partial palm print on some documents near the office door was also found to be Mr Widjaja's.
Outside the room, blood trailed in two different directions. One was caused by Prof Chan while the other, more severe, was from Mr Widjaja.
The soles of Mr Widjaja's feet were soaked in blood although he did not leave any footprints along the trail.
Ms Lim said he was likely to have 'inked his feet in blood' that dripped from a deep cut on his right wrist, before sitting on the ledge of the glass roof. The hearing continues on June 17.
NTU STUDENT'S DEATH FALL
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Blood in office came mostly from youth: Forensic scientist
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Sujin Thomas
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
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Ms Lim based her findings on photos, two visits to the NTU campus, and information from police. -- ST FILE PHOTO
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->PHOTOGRAPHS - 120 in all - were used to paint a likely scenario of events that transpired between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student David Hartanto Widjaja and Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk on March 2.
On that day, Mr Widjaja was found dead after falling four storeys from a link bridge on campus. Minutes before, he was seen running from the office of Prof Chan, his final-year project supervisor, after allegedly being in a knife struggle with him.
On the fifth day of the coroner's inquiry into Mr Widjaja's death, forensic scientist Lim Chin Chin told the court that her findings were based on the photographs, two visits to the campus in April, and information given by the police.
Ms Lim, from the Forensic Chemistry and Physics Laboratory of the Health Sciences Authority, took the witness stand yesterday, along with Dr Christopher Syn, a senior forensic scientist who conducted a DNA examination of blood taken at the scene.
She said almost all the bloodstains left behind in Prof Chan's office - including some found on the wall above a computer monitor - belonged to Mr Widjaja. Prof Chan had been seated near the computer when the alleged attack began.
These stains indicate the swing of an arm downwards from somewhere above the monitor where blood was either cast off from a wound or from a bloodstained object, she said.
Dr Syn told the court on Monday that only Mr Widjaja's blood was found on the knife handle. He added that the blade, which broke off during the struggle, had a mixture of Mr Widjaja and Prof Chan's blood.
Ms Lim said Prof Chan's blood was detected only on the floor near a computer table.
Blood from a partial palm print on some documents near the office door was also found to be Mr Widjaja's.
Outside the room, blood trailed in two different directions. One was caused by Prof Chan while the other, more severe, was from Mr Widjaja.
The soles of Mr Widjaja's feet were soaked in blood although he did not leave any footprints along the trail.
Ms Lim said he was likely to have 'inked his feet in blood' that dripped from a deep cut on his right wrist, before sitting on the ledge of the glass roof. The hearing continues on June 17.
