The narrative was started at the press conference which purportedly was to provide a PRELIMINARY findings (they were able to find so many things in a few days, what's the hurry). Instead it was a Cover MINDEF Ass session and intimating that the deceased was responsible for the mishap. So much for PRELIMINARY. Sow those seeds first. Then the media start to propagate those allegations.
It is working. After the press conference, so many 'critical thinkers' here were already making the same allegations about Pang.
Well done, MINDEF