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Embassy car in hit-and-run
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Bong Hwee Haw (2nd L) and his mother wait for the start of the trial of former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu in Bucharest October 6, 2010. Bong Hwee Haw is due to testify in front of the court as one of the victims of a hit-and-run accidents in Singapore in December last year, caused by Ionescu, which claimed the life of a pedestrian.
Silviu Ionescu (L), the former Romanian embassy official to Singapore
ROMANIA: A Romanian court has accepted former diplomat Silviu Ionescu’s request to be released from detention under judicial supervision, says Ionescu’s lawyer Nelu Tasca. He will appear in court again on November 17.
Former Romanian embassy official to Singapore Silviu Ionescu (C) waves as he leaves Rahova prison after his release in Bucharest on November 25, 2010. The Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter following a hit-and-run crash in Singapore last year strongly denied all responsibility on the first day of his trial in Bucharest. The diplomat is alleged to have hit three pedestrians in December while driving a car belonging to the Romanian mission.
wahlaneh...
"bye bye boy george! im free like a bird!"
Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu waves from a vehicle in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. Ionescu faces an ongoing court case in Bucharest on charges relating to the killing a man in a hit-and-run driving accident in Singapore in 2009, while he was a diplomat posted to Singapore. Ionescu was previously detained for several months and has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges including fleeing the scene of a crime.
BUCHAREST - A Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter after a hit-and-run car accident in Singapore protested his innocence in court Wednesday, while Singapore called for justice to be done.
I repeat again that I consider myself not guilty", Ionescu told the court on Wednesday.
"I consider that the investigation in Singapore was conducted unfairly against me because of the diplomatic cables I sent to the Romanian ministry of foreign affairs. These cables are classified", Ionescu told the judges.
He then started to recount his own version of the events on the night of the accident.
Ionescu insisted that he did not drink any alcohol that night, neither at a reception at the embassy of Kazakhstan, nor at an opera singer's birthday party he attended afterwards.
He also claimed that his car had been stolen as he went to the embassy in order to write some notes.
The former diplomat, who is now working as a consultant, also justified flying back to Romania just days after the accident.
"My departure from Singapore had been planned two months before" for medical reasons and approved by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign affairs, he said.
Twenty witnesses living in Singapore still have to be heard in the trial.
Prosecutors asked the judges to allow them to testify through a videolink in the future hearings.
After being held for seven months in preventive custody, Ionescu was released from detention in November pending his full trial after pleading not guilty to an initial hearing.
The court imposed him travel restriction and he cannot leave Bucharest.
- AFP/ir
12 January 2011
BUCHAREST - A Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter after a hit-and-run car accident in Singapore protested his innocence in court
Wednesday, while Singapore called for justice to
be done. I repeat again that I consider myself
not guilty", Ionescu told the court on Wednesday.
"I consider that the investigation in Singapore was conducted unfairly against me because of the diplomatic cables I sent to the Romanian ministry of foreign affairs. These cables are classified", Ionescu told the judges.
He then started to recount his own version of the events on the night of the accident.
- AFP/ir
Could this be the reason why Shanmuggan
was talking about Singapore Wikileaks ?
Or Shanmuggan supporting Ionescu ?
Former diplomat Silviu Ionescu pleaded with the judge in court on Wednesday to allow him to travel outside Bucharest, the Romanian capital.
"If I am to be convicted and made to pay damage, where would I get the money from if I can't work?"
"If I am to be convicted and made to pay damage, where would I get the money from if I can't work?"
Ionescu pleads with judge to allow him to travel outside Bucharest
26 January 2011
Former diplomat Silviu Ionescu pleaded with the judge in court on Wednesday to allow him to travel outside Bucharest, the Romanian capital.
This is one of the few travel restrictions still being enforced against Ionescu.
He argued in court that he works as a consultant and needs to travel across Romania to fulfil his duties.
He said: "If I am to be convicted and made to pay damage, where would I get the money from if I can't work?"
The ex-diplomat was released from prison in November 2010 under judicial supervision and the terms of his release were that he does not leave Bucharest or Romania.
He added: "I have no intention to attempt to go abroad. There is an international arrest warrant issued against me and I would be put behind bars the minute I leave Romania."
The court will announce a decision on this matter on Thursday.
Ionescu's next court date is on March 9 when more evidence is to be given.
Until then, the judges still have to decide on how to hear the Singaporean witnesses.
One option is to invite them to Romania and the other is to interview them via video conference.
Jan 28, 2011
MFA on Romanian court, Ionescu allowed to travel
By Lai Han-Wei
Silviu Ionescu will be allowed to travel out of the Romanian capital of Bucharest, after a Romanian court granted his appeal.
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will respect a Romanian court's decision to allow Silviu Ionescu to travel out of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, after the former diplomat appealed, a spokesman said on Friday.
'We are obliged to respect the decision of the Court,' the spokesman said.
'We understand that the Court had imposed a number of supplementary obligations and that the Prosecution Office has a right of appeal against the court's decision. We await the decision of the Prosecution Office.'
Ionescu had told the court that he needed to travel as he was now a business consultant, and that he needed money as he was the sole breadwinner in his family.
Ionescu, on trial for two Dec 2009 hit-and-run incidents in Singapore, faces charges of homicide, causing physical injuries and making false statements.
MFA on Romanian court, Ionescu allowed to travel
By Lai Han-Wei
Silviu Ionescu will be allowed to travel out of the Romanian capital of Bucharest, after a Romanian court granted his appeal.
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will respect a Romanian court's decision to allow Silviu Ionescu to travel out of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, after the former diplomat appealed, a spokesman said on Friday.
'We are obliged to respect the decision of the Court,' the spokesman said.
'We understand that the Court had imposed a number of supplementary obligations and that the Prosecution Office has a right of appeal against the court's decision. We await the decision of the Prosecution Office.'
Ionescu had told the court that he needed to travel as he was now a business consultant, and that he needed money as he was the sole breadwinner in his family.
Ionescu, on trial for two Dec 2009 hit-and-run incidents in Singapore, faces charges of homicide, causing physical injuries and making false statements.
The former Romanian Embassy charge d'affaires in Singapore, Silviu Ionescu, arrives on March 9, 2011 at the tribunal in Bucharest for a new hearing in his trial
The former Romanian Embassy charge d'affaires in Singapore, Silviu Ionescu (R) leaves with his lawyer on March 9, 2011 the tribunal in Bucharest for a new hearing in his trial.
Videolink from Singapore in Romania diplomat case
BUCHAREST - A BUCHAREST court ruled on Wednesday that witnesses in Singapore can be heard via videolink in the case of a Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter after a hit-and-run car crash there.
Silviu Ionescu, a former Romanian charge d'affaire in the state city, is charged with manslaughter, causing physical injuries and making false statements after the accident in December 2009.
Ionescu pleads not guilty. He has always denied he was the driver and says the car was stolen.
The diplomat is alleged to have hit three pedestrians while driving a car belonging to the Romanian mission and to have fled the scene.
One pedestrian, a 30-year-old Malaysian national, suffered brain damage and died on Christmas Day.
One of the victim's friends, Bonghwee Haw, a 23-year-old Malaysian who was also severely injured in the crash, will testify through a videolink on May 6, the judge ruled. -- AFP
lianbeng wana know, so wat happen to that bugger now? relak 1 corner with italian spaghetti?
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Three witnesses in Ionescu trial take to the stand
By Claudia Craiu / Sara Grosse | Posted: 19 May 2011 2209 hrs
SINGAPORE: The trial of former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu in a hit-and-run case in Singapore took place via teleconference on Thursday afternoon.
Three witnesses came to the Subordinate Court and testified to the court in Bucharest.
The first to take the stand was 18-year-old Leong Zi Quan.
He said that he was with friends on the night of the incident. He had heard a bang and when he turned around, he saw two persons lying on the ground.
The driver of a car slowed down, pulled over, then sped off. He then tried to chase the car, but the vehicle outran him.
He added that could not identify the driver but he saw his forehead. He claimed the driver had a "not too dark complexion" and that he wore something white with long sleeves.
He said that he saw another witness across the street from where he was. He claimed that he also saw a surveillance camera at the scene, but did not see it flash and assumed the camera was not in operation.
The second witness was taxi driver Neo Hock Beng, who claimed he drove a person that night, whom he had identified to Singaporean authorities as Ionescu.
He drove the passenger to Bukit Timah Road and said he was wearing a coat, was big sized and tall.
Mr Neo saved the receipt from that journey, as his passenger seemed "suspicious" to him. Despite that, he did not inform the police about his passenger.
During the journey, the passenger made two phone calls. He could not specify the content of the first call, as it was carried in a language foreign to him. The second phone call was made to the police after the passenger asked Mr Neo for the emergency number.
The witness then claimed that he was called in by the police a week after the event. At the police station, he recognised the passenger after seeing some newspaper clippings. He added that while in a Singapore court, he also identified Ionescu in a photo.
The last witness was another taxi driver, Mohd Salihen Wahab.
He said on that night, he saw a man walk away from a black Audi with diplomatic number plates.
The driver slowed down the car, as he thought the man might want a cab, and it was through this way that he was able to see him clearly.
Mr Mohd Salihen said: "He was Caucasian, dressed in a black coat, black trousers, black shoes and a white shirt."
He then claimed that as he drove past the Audi, he saw that the windscreen was hit on the right side.
After reading about a car being involved in a hit and run accident, he voluntarily told the authorities what he saw as he recognised Ionescu from the newspaper.
Two witnesses, Mohammed Noor bin Hussaid and Jeong Aye Ree, did not appear in court on Thursday.
On Friday, the court will hear from four more witnesses.
They are Athiyappan Krishnan, Ricardo Ihsaan Luchica bin Irfan, Boo Seng Yak and Chan Kian Ann. Three other witnesses could not be contacted.
-CNA/ac
