You won't find this in our prostitute papers.

[jw5]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

Yahoo news has also picked up the story.


Engineer’s family questions son’s sudden death in Singapore

By Justin Ong | Yahoo! Newsroom – 4 hours ago

American Shane Todd was found hanging in his Singapore apartment in June last year, in a case local police deemed as suicide.

But in a report by the Financial Times (FT) on Friday, Todd’s parents, Mary and Rick Todd, raised questions about their son's death that remain unanswered.

Todd, an electronics engineer, had just concluded an 18-month employment with Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME). He had been developing, in collaboration with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, sophisticated radar and satellite technology for both civilian and military applications.

His mother says that at work, he was “being asked to do things that made him uncomfortable", FT quoted her as saying.

His girlfriend knew that he was increasingly stressed about the nature of his research.

Todd resigned from IME sometime later. Days before his death, he was offered a job by a US research firm working with the US defence department and NASA. On his final working day, Todd was last seen at a farewell lunch with his IME colleagues who described him as looking upbeat.

After acquiring Todd's external hard drive by chance and obtaining a second opinion on his autopsy report, the family now suspect foul play.

They question suicide notes that praised IME (which he purportedly disliked), bruises on his body and proof that his hard drive had been accessed after his death.

The Singaporean investigation is still ongoing, but attempts by the Todds to work with local police, the IME and the US embassy have been reportedly fruitless.

Singapore police have asked Todd’s family to hand over his hard drive, but they are offering, instead, to send a copy of its contents. In exchange, they want a copy of all files on Todd’s laptops, which remain in police custody.

They are also asking the police to invite the FBI to help investigate their son’s death.

Yahoo! Singapore has attempted to contact the IME but could not reach anyone. The police have also been asked to comment on the matter, but no word has been received as of yet.

 

[wendychan]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

if he was indeed they are never going to get justice

 

[ray_of_hope]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

Yahoo news has also picked up the story.


Engineer’s family questions son’s sudden death in Singapore

By Justin Ong | Yahoo! Newsroom – 4 hours ago

American Shane Todd was found hanging in his Singapore apartment in June last year, in a case local police deemed as suicide.

But in a report by the Financial Times (FT) on Friday, Todd’s parents, Mary and Rick Todd, raised questions about their son's death that remain unanswered.

Todd, an electronics engineer, had just concluded an 18-month employment with Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME). He had been developing, in collaboration with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, sophisticated radar and satellite technology for both civilian and military applications.

His mother says that at work, he was “being asked to do things that made him uncomfortable", FT quoted her as saying.

His girlfriend knew that he was increasingly stressed about the nature of his research.

Todd resigned from IME sometime later. Days before his death, he was offered a job by a US research firm working with the US defence department and NASA. On his final working day, Todd was last seen at a farewell lunch with his IME colleagues who described him as looking upbeat.

After acquiring Todd's external hard drive by chance and obtaining a second opinion on his autopsy report, the family now suspect foul play.

They question suicide notes that praised IME (which he purportedly disliked), bruises on his body and proof that his hard drive had been accessed after his death.

The Singaporean investigation is still ongoing, but attempts by the Todds to work with local police, the IME and the US embassy have been reportedly fruitless.

Singapore police have asked Todd’s family to hand over his hard drive, but they are offering, instead, to send a copy of its contents. In exchange, they want a copy of all files on Todd’s laptops, which remain in police custody.

They are also asking the police to invite the FBI to help investigate their son’s death.

Yahoo! Singapore has attempted to contact the IME but could not reach anyone. The police have also been asked to comment on the matter, but no word has been received as of yet.

The fact that the US Embassy has apparently kept mum on this matter, regarding an American citizen, is strange, to say the least.

 

[laksaboy]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

The powers that be are very capable of offing someone and making it seem like an accident or suicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)#Death

 

[songsongpunggol]

Maybe the parents should get their senator and congressman involved and get this into congressional hearings. Wah lau ...the PAP will panic ...they will then have to choose between the US or China.

not until this comes for mai hum...

 

[scroobal]

Singapore has never developed anything significant other than Chicken Rice and the Singapore Sling and the latter is not fit for consumption.

Singapore's A*Star despite registering a record number of patents have never got anything of value out of it. They are not about to start now. Even a tub of margarine has military value.

If this guy was working on a sensitive military related project or one that has military use would have come under the purview of a number of oversight bodies and he would not be able to download his files. Even commercials companies have sophisticated software that traces downloads. The storage governance for such things are highly regulated.

Reminds me of the case of an ex-RI boy who went missing for 3 years and the family told his friends that he was working for the government on a sensitive matter. They thought he was in Intelligence. Turned out that he was cooling his heels at Selarang Park DRC.

And why would anyone murder him? Bear in mind the prohibited technology is in US hands. The Chinese murdered him because he was disloyal to them? The Singapore Govt murdered him because he did not like Chicken Rice.

For christ sake, the Singapore Govt is an US alley and accommodates an American base, provides submarine pens, has rotating detachment of Eagles, does emergency repairs for allied warships etc. They do not such things for Chinese military equipment. The only Chinese base is in Geylang and its all female formation.

I am well aware that FT is a highly respected publication but this is one that got carried away with the fairies. Suicide is one thing no parent will accept. To many western countries if a country detains people without trial, they are also capable of extra-judicial killings.

Ps. FT and the parents forgot to ask his girlfriend who found the body first how he was hanging, the pulley, the drilled holes etc. or maybe they think that she was the hired assassin.

 

[winnipegjets]

If this guy was working on a sensitive military related project or one that has military use would have come under the purview of a number of oversight bodies and he would not be able to download his files. Even commercials companies have sophisticated software that traces downloads. The storage governance for such things are highly regulated.

You give too much credit to our security apparatus. He was working on a project that has commercial and military application in a research institute, not in DSO or MINDEF. So, he wouldn't be subjected to high security surveillance.

The concern here is that US technology, which were to be used only by sinkapore, is being passed on to the Chinese.

And why would anyone murder him? Bear in mind the prohibited technology is in US hands. The Chinese murdered him because he was disloyal to them? The Singapore Govt murdered him because he did not like Chicken Rice.

Because he knew more than he should and that he was aware of the Chinese using technology acquired by sinkapore.

This death should be investigated by the FBI. It looks like sinkapore is complicit in the unauthorized transfer of US technology to the Chinese.

 

[wendychan]

dontcha just love the planted poppus distracters

 

[ray_of_hope]

It would have been easy for this matter to be laid to rest if the police had shown the parents, or at least the father, the pictures of their son's hanging body once they had discovered it. Not sure why they did not. Perhaps the body was already in a very significant state of decomposition. Or maybe protocol dictates that such evidence can only be shown at the coroner's inquest.

 

[Dreamer1]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

A good comment in FT

1. Ray Bonner must have had to do a hell of a lot of work to convince the FT to run this. For, after the paper replaced John Burton as it Singapore and Malaysia correspondent, the paper shied away from critical stories on Singapore. It was a pathetic spectacle. Pleased to see that it is over. And I have the strong feeling that Bonner and his co-author have been pretty good about fact-checking the piece. Otherwise, the FT's lawyers would never have allowed it to go to press.

2. The Singapore police are a funny bunch. There is some real talent there, but, unlike other arms of the Singapore state, its uniformed officers often display a remarkable lack of interest in service or in displaying common decency toward members of the public. The detective named here seems like a decent guy, but he is clearly operating under constraints. And either not much priority was given to this case initially (that is, it was seen as an unproblematic suicide), or else the hegligence was not really negligence at all. The former is very easy to believe, in the Singapore context.

3. Sadly, like almost all of his predecessors in living memory, President Obama sent a political appointee (in this case, a former Georgia state senator with no previous professional experience overseas or prior knowledge of SE ASia who had apparently helped the Obama campaign in the South in 2008) as his ambassador to Singapore. This man has played the role of cheer-leader for transnational corporations with regional headquarters in Singapore. He has, as a result, been treated very nicely there. His intial reaction to the Todds' complaint about the conduct of the Singapore police thus comes as no surprise. He is totally out of touch with on-the-ground reality in Singaproe, and he evidently did not communicate to his embassy's consular section the need to take the Shane Todd case seriously. (Of course, that consular officer is a numb-skull in his own right. All that one needs to do is read The Straits Times for a couple of months to see that there are in fact occasional cases of corrupt police officers in Singapore . . . though that was not in any case what the Todds were alleging.)

4. It'd be useful to know the name of the IME's attorney, and to know whether he is in fact just the IME's attorney or also A*STAR's. One also has to wonder how Singapore's government--and, for that matter, the US government--will react to this tragic, brave, and magnificently reported story.

 

[Travellor]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

takes international attention to be focussed on singapore before any fucking thing gets done (seriously) ......

 

[ray_of_hope]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

3. Sadly, like almost all of his predecessors in living memory, President Obama sent a political appointee (in this case, a former Georgia state senator with no previous professional experience overseas or prior knowledge of SE ASia who had apparently helped the Obama campaign in the South in 2008) as his ambassador to Singapore. This man has played the role of cheer-leader for transnational corporations with regional headquarters in Singapore. He has, as a result, been treated very nicely there. His intial reaction to the Todds' complaint about the conduct of the Singapore police thus comes as no surprise. He is totally out of touch with on-the-ground reality in Singaproe...

This I agree totally. The fact is that Singapore is very low priority to the US when it comes to choice of US ambassador to send. Years ago, there was one US ambassador to Singapore who did not even know that Korea was a divided country. Another ambassador, after completing his term, stayed on to become CEO of a locally listed company. Singapore is just seen by many of these people as a place for business, and a country where the US can have mutually beneficial ties. What happens below surface impressions is not what these people are interested in.

 

[Dreamer1]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

This I agree totally. The fact is that Singapore is very low priority to the US when it comes to choice of US ambassador to send. Years ago, there was one US ambassador to Singapore who did not even know that Korea was a divided country. Another ambassador, after completing his term, stayed on to become CEO of a locally listed company. Singapore is just seen by many of these people as a place for business, and a country where the US can have mutually beneficial ties. What happens below surface impressions is not what these people are interested in.

Hehehe,brother RoH,
Ambassador to Singapore Honored
by Trevor Williams | December 11, 2012
David Adelman, a former Georgia state senator from Decatur and the current U.S. ambassador to SIngapore, has been honored for excellence in diplomatic service.
Public Affairs Asia magazine recognized Mr. Adelman and the U.S. Embassy in Singapore with its Gold Standard Award for Diplomatic Engagement at its annual gala Dec. 6.
A key factor in Mr. Adelman's selection was his work leading American businesses on trade delegations around the Southeast Asia region, most recently to Myanmar, the magazine said on its Gold Standard Awards website.

Mr David Adelman is enjoying life in Singapore at the moment,whatever happened to Mr Todd who died is none of his biz,in fact the Yanks are bestest at enjoyment,he does not even know where are his dad and his mom,what more Mr Todd?

 

[songsongpunggol]

our home team act blur?

Is it suicide or is it murder?

By Feng Zengkun
The Straits Times
Sunday, Feb 17, 2013

A sensational news report about the death of an American research scientist in Singapore that cast aspersions on two Singapore public institutions prompted responses from both agencies yesterday.

Full statement from the Singapore Police Force:

The Police investigate all unnatural death cases thoroughly, working closely with the pathologist and other relevant experts, and no prior assumptions are made on the cause of death. Our procedures for investigating cases, particularly those involving death of persons, are strict and of high international standards.

We have handled this case in the same way as other cases that Police have looked into.

All crime scene locations which have the potential for recovery of evidence are handled with care and are protected from interference of any kind so as to preserve any trace evidence. The sites are secured by Police for the duration required for scene examination and evidence collection.

The conditions and items found at the crime scene are carefully recorded in great detail, as well as conserved and removed for subsequent laboratory analysis.

The Financial Times article mentioned a hard disk which was purportedly recovered by Mr and Mrs Rick Todd from their son's residence.

To ensure the investigations are as thorough as possible, we urge any person who has evidence in their possession that can assist in our investigation to share them with the Police. All relevant evidence gathered by Police will be tendered at the Coroner's Inquiry once the investigations are completed .

The Coroner will independently determine the circumstances under which Mr Shane Todd came by his death taking into account the investigation findings and other evidence.

During the open inquiry, the family of the deceased may question the witnesses and the relevant reports, including the pathologist report.

As investigations are ongoing, it is inappropriate for the Police to comment further on the case.

Since the death of Mr Shane Todd, the Police have engaged and assisted the family without impeding the objectivity of our investigation process. We will continue to do so. Police have also kept the American Embassy and FBI informed of this case.

 

[songsongpunggol]

Re: our home team act blur?

Police deny allegations US engineer's death not properly investigated
Date : 17 February 2013

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said its procedures for investigating cases, in particular those involving deaths, are of high international standards.

It was responding to queries from Channel NewsAsia about the death of American electronics engineer Shane Todd.

According to a Financial Times report published on February 15, Mr Todd allegedly hanged himself in the toilet of his apartment in Chinatown last year.

His death came shortly before he was to return to the US after an 18-month stint with the Institute of Microelectronics, a research facility.

The report also raised questions about the circumstances surrounding Mr Todd's death and the way police investigations were carried out.

In addition, the report contained interviews with Mr Todd's parents who said they believe he was murdered over his work in Singapore.

They also alleged that Mr Todd's death was not properly investigated.

The police denied this.

A SPF statement late Saturday night said that all unnatural death cases are investigated thoroughly and that police work closely with the pathologist and other relevant experts.

A spokesman noted that no prior assumptions are made on the cause of death.

He added that the police have handled this case in the same way as other cases that they have looked into.

The spokesman also noted that all crime scene locations which could contain evidence are protected from any interference with what is known as "trace evidence".

The sites are secured by police for the duration required for scene examination and evidence collection.

The conditions and items found at the crime scene are carefully recorded in great detail, as well as conserved and removed for subsequent laboratory analysis.

A coroner's inquiry into Mr Todd's death is expected to take place. Police say his family will be able to question witnesses and relevant reports that are submitted.

Police urge anyone with evidence that could assist in the investigation to share the information with them.

They have also engaged and assisted Mr Todd's family since his death, and will continue to do so.

They have also kept the American Embassy and FBI informed.

- CNA/

 

[Dreamer1]

Re: huawei is some badass prc company

Talking about President Obama sent a political appointee to Singapore,can we imagine how many rather stupid political appointees have been sent by our PM Lee to how many important positions?
Obama had been President for 4 years +,PAP Lee family has been in power since 1959,for Asian Value MM Lee & his son,there must be hundred of thousands of FRIENDS that they are very grateful for,one example is beri stupid Minister Grace Fu,she is in charge of that 7 million target report,why?because MM Lee is grateful for the help of her dad,James Fu,who sold out his good friend and comrade ,Mr Lim Chin Siong,when MM Lee was a NO body and Lim C S was a hero!

 

[fukyuman]

Re: PAP working for the PRC to steal technology from the US?

CIA know more about our demographics since pinky put himself and his cabinet up in facebook. Must ask well be the middle man and sell secrets to interested bidders whether its ah tiongs, ah nehs, russians or CIA.

you got it wrong.

american invented a powerful radar system while doing research for IME and HUAWEI.

he wants to get out of the project because he felt his national security was compromised.

someone stop him from returning to US to stop the technology from landing to US Military.

 

[Finnair]

Only if the US government intervenes will the PAP government respond and take action.

Is USA the culprit that killed him.

 

[MightyMouse]

Murder or Suicide - Shane Todd Article on FT

The scene does not look consistent with that of a man intend on suicide!

"Beyond the bathroom, Shane’s home looked like a snapshot of a man in the middle of a move. There was laundry in the dryer and dirty washing on the floor. Clean clothes were folded on the couch. Boxes were packed. Shane, in his last hours, had been trying to sell his furniture. He had written out price tags. The Todds found Shane’s airline ticket on the dining table. His laptops and mobile phone were gone – taken and kept by the Singapore police."

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/afbddb44-7640-11e2-8eb6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Kzmjs115

 

[scroobal]

Re: Murder or Suicide - Shane Todd Article on FT

Guy got a history of psychological problems, before coming to Singapore and while in Singapore. Being treated here as well. Left 2 suicide notes but father claims not his son's. These are easily assessed by handwriting analyst. Family can engage their own analyst as well. Just wait for coroner's inquiry.

Suicide is one thing that parents find very difficult to accept. Reminds me of an article in the US press during the Michael Fay incident where an expert on Singapore claimed that canning is done at the Padang with crowds chanting.