Shane Todd's murder cover-up

[Dreamer1]

Dim-Lee Kwong received his B.S. degree in Physics and M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering, both from the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 1977 and 1979, respectively. In 1982 he received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and received Best Dissertation Award. He was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame during the years 1982-1985. He was a Visiting Scientist at the IBM General Technology Division, Essex Junction, Vermont during the summer of 1985 working on 4 Megabit DRAM technology. He joined The University of Texas at Austin, Microelectronics Research Center and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1985 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and to Full Professor in 1990.

Dr. Kwong received numerous awards including the IBM Faculty Development Award in 1984 and the Engineering Foundation Award from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994, holds the Earl N. and Margaret Brasfield Endowed Fellowship, is the author of more than 210 referred journal and more than 200 referred conference proceeding publications, and has been awarded with more than 11 U.S. patents. His current areas of research interests include rapid thermal CVD technology for the growth and deposition of semiconductor materials compatible with ULSI processes, advanced dielectrics for logic, analog, and memory devices, metal gate electrode, shallow junctions, diffusion barrier materials and processes, and diffusion modeling of ion-implanted species during rapid thermal annealing.

 

[Dreamer1]

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[winnipegjets]

Police Sgt. Muhammad Khaldun Bin Sarif was asked by government lawyers during the inquest as to why police had not ordered a further investigation of the apartment. Bin Sarif said that he and his partner had made 'a preliminary assessment' that pointed to suicide and determined there were 'no signs of foul play.' He said the officers decided as a result 'not to perform fingerprint dustings or DNA swabs.'

Lazy buggers. Or it was deliberate for the purpose of the cover-up. Who knows?

Asked why he had deviated from police protocols by assessing a personal laptop at a crime scene, Khaldun said he had found two notes in Todd's apartment, one of which contained a password which he used to gain access to the laptop nearby.

So, their preliminary assessment was based on finding the password to the laptop. Wow, such brilliance. Did it not occur to him that a suicide could be staged?

Suspicion: Shane Todd's parents think he could have been killed over his research into a technology with both civilian and military applications
Khaldun explained that the protocol was only 'a guideline which can be deviated from.'
He said he and his partner made an 'operational decision' to assess Todd's laptop because the note containing the password 'was left there for a reason' and would help police in determining whether there was foul play involved.
Todd's family has asked why police accessed his laptop and cellphone even though such items are supposed to be handed over to forensic technology specialists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/coroner-s-inquiry-into-shane-todd-s-deat/689460.html

It seems like it was deliberately done so that access to the laptop could be muddle up.

 

[winnipegjets]

The PAP-Press is incessant in trying to paint the parents of Shane Todd as liars. The Todds did not say the statement as implied by the header. It was their lawyer that misinterpreted the Thai forensics expert. But she did suggest a second examination of a suspicious area. So, wouldn't examining the body or whatever that is left of it again be better than just looking at the photos?
Why is the PAP so reluctant to have the body exhumed and go through another autopsy if there is nothing to hide?

Shane Todd inquiry: Thai forensics expert denies second autopsy suggestion
SINGAPORE - The body of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year may be exhumed to prove he was murdered, his father said in a statement Monday as hearings on the controversial case ended.
Rick Todd, who worked in a family-owned mortuary in Pomona, California before becoming a commercial pilot, said he sought the opinion of a prominent Thai forensic pathologist, Porntip Rojanasunan, earlier this month in a conference call.

He said a lawyer for the family, Peter Ong, met Porntip and she was shown the Singapore autopsy report, photographs taken at the Singapore apartment and mortuary, and pictures of the body lying in a casket during a US memorial service.

Gloria James-Civetta, the head of a team of five lawyers who represented the Todds before they abandoned the inquiry, said the idea of having the body exhumed for a second autopsy was suggested by Porntip.

But the Thai forensics expert denied she suggested a second autopsy, or speaking with Rick Todd.

"The lawyer is the one I talked to. I did not give any official consultation, because I only saw pictures, but I gave some opinions," Porntip told AFP in Bangkok.

"I did not advise a second autopsy. I said a second examination of a suspicious area of the body - in this case I meant the wrist - could be carried out."

Todd's parents and brothers, saying they had lost faith in the process, angrily walked out of the hearings last week and flew home. But they left behind individual statements to the inquest.

"Based on my investigations, I believed that Shane did not commit suicide," Rick Todd, an airline pilot, said in a written statement read at the inquest.

"I am now convinced that a second autopsy should have been done and I have to consider obtaining an opinion from another expert who can come to Singapore to testify or to have Shane's body exhumed," he said.

Edward Adelstein, a medical examiner from Missouri who was engaged by the Todd family, testified last week that the researcher may have been murdered by assassins.

But two senior US pathologists backed Singapore's suicide report and rejected the murder scenario.

Other witnesses had described Todd, who had a history of depression, as showing signs of extreme stress before his death.

In an interview with AFP before their flight home, Mary Todd said they hoped there will be enough evidence to persuade the Singapore state coroner at least to declare an "undetermined" verdict.

The Singapore state coroner's verdict on whether Shane Todd, a 31-year-old electronics researcher, killed himself - or was murdered - will be read in open court on July 8, officials said.

 

[steffychun]

23 year-old I.O Police Sgt. Muhammad Khaldun Bin Sarif was asked by government lawyers during the inquest as to why police had not ordered a further investigation of the apartment.
Bin Sarif said that he and his partner had made 'a preliminary assessment' that pointed to suicide and determined there were 'no signs of foul play.'
He said the officers decided as a result 'not to perform fingerprint dustings or DNA swabs.'
Asked why he had deviated from police protocols by assessing a personal laptop at a crime scene, Khaldun said he had found two notes in Todd's apartment, one of which contained a password which he used to gain access to the laptop nearby.

Suspicion: Shane Todd's parents think he could have been killed over his research into a technology with both civilian and military applications
Khaldun explained that the protocol was only 'a guideline which can be deviated from.'
He said he and his partner made an 'operational decision' to assess Todd's laptop because the note containing the password 'was left there for a reason' and would help police in determining whether there was foul play involved.
Todd's family has asked why police accessed his laptop and cellphone even though such items are supposed to be handed over to forensic technology specialists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/coroner-s-inquiry-into-shane-todd-s-deat/689460.html

So only American police shows are right, SPF is always wrong. What do people want? Operation Singapore Freedom?

 

[DuYunQi]

I read the newspaper report on the IME person being asked about the hand-written note found at Shane's apartment, whether it was Gallium Nitrade formula.

This is really ridiculous!! If IME has denied that Shane was working on such things, and denied Huawei involvement.. would anyone from IME confirm that the note was indeed the said formula? It's like asking a criminal who had done money laundering if the bank account number found in a dead runner's house was the account used to launder money. Would the criminal say, 'yes, the account was used to launder monoey'??

Why wasn't an independent third party who has expert experience and knowledge, asked to prove the formula was or wan't GaN?

I wonder what the international media would have to say about this point??

 

[steffychun]

I read the newspaper report on the IME person being asked about the hand-written note found at Shane's apartment, whether it was Gallium Nitrade formula.

This is really ridiculous!! If IME has denied that Shane was working on such things, and denied Huawei involvement.. would anyone from IME confirm that the note was indeed the said formula? It's like asking a criminal who had done money laundering if the bank account number found in a dead runner's house was the account used to launder money. Would the criminal say, 'yes, the account was used to launder monoey'??

Why wasn't an independent third party who has expert experience and knowledge, asked to prove the formula was or wan't GaN?

I wonder what the international media would have to say about this point??

Let's impose sanctions on Singapore! Singapore is an Axis of Evil! Ther emust be Western intervention!

 

[Dreamer1]

Singapore police admit errors in Shane Todd investigation?basic investigative protocols not followed.
Singapore police who examined the scene of an American’s death admitted on the last day of a coroner’s inquest Monday that they deviated from official protocols by not dusting for fingerprints or collecting DNA samples, and by examining the contents of a laptop computer there.
When asked by government lawyers why police had not ordered a further investigation of the apartment, police Sgt. Muhammad Khaldun Bin Sarif said he and his partner had made “a preliminary assessment” that pointed to suicide and determined there were “no signs of foul play.” He said the officers decided as a result “not to perform fingerprint dustings or DNA swabs.”
The 23 year old IO made a ‘visual’ inspection of the site and deemed it as suicide & the medical examiner/coroner did no further autopsy – relying on the IO’s findings .
Password made available.. no investigation needed. case closed.
Asked why he had deviated from police protocols by assessing a personal laptop at a crime scene, Khaldun said he had found two notes in Todd’s apartment, one of which contained a password which he used to gain access to the laptop nearby.

.More in: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162...ice-admit-errors-in-shane-todd-investigation/

 

[zeebjii]

Let's impose sanctions on Singapore! Singapore is an Axis of Evil! Ther emust be Western intervention!

Sarcasm FAIL: BIG TIME!

 

[Dreamer1]

PAP points of view:
1) Four experienced and certified forensic pathologists with two from US all concluded that it was suicide by hanging.
2) He had a history of depression and did see a psychiatrist and had been prescribed 26 Citalopram anti-depressant tablets. An unlabelled bottle with 19 tablets containing anti-depressant Citalopram was later found in Dr Todd's flat by his mother.
3) He wrote suicide notes to his parents, brothers, girlfriend and friends.
4) Dr Shane Todd's laptop showed he searched suicide-related sites on 19 different occasions between March 10 and June 23 last year
5) Shane Todd was not an expert in GaN but his area of expertise was in silicon-based transmission lines.

(1) The Hard Drive, which was central to the case, was NOT found by the family but handed to them by the police officer, in the presence of US embassy officials. So long for a spy case.

(2) The so-called expert (Dr. Adelstein) brought by the family retracted his initial conclusion that Dr. Todd was garroted. Dr. Adlestein is not a certified pathologist but a veterinarian who basically made a fool of himself during the inquiry by making wild and unsubstantiated speculations.

(3) The family claimed they had never heard of the witness which was the last person to see their son alive, and this led to their withdrawal from the court. Again, this witness had met the Todd family at their hotel room a few days after the death. He was not an "11-hour witness" brought at the last minute as mentioned in an initial CBS report, and his name was clearly mentioned in the opening statement of the inquiry.

 

[scroobal]

Bro, excellent summary. Much appreciated.

PAP points of view:
1) Four experienced and certified forensic pathologists with two from US all concluded that it was suicide by hanging.
2) He had a history of depression and did see a psychiatrist and had been prescribed 26 Citalopram anti-depressant tablets. An unlabelled bottle with 19 tablets containing anti-depressant Citalopram was later found in Dr Todd's flat by his mother.
3) He wrote suicide notes to his parents, brothers, girlfriend and friends.
4) Dr Shane Todd's laptop showed he searched suicide-related sites on 19 different occasions between March 10 and June 23 last year
5) Shane Todd was not an expert in GaN but his area of expertise was in silicon-based transmission lines.

(1) The Hard Drive, which was central to the case, was NOT found by the family but handed to them by the police officer, in the presence of US embassy officials. So long for a spy case.

(2) The so-called expert (Dr. Adelstein) brought by the family retracted his initial conclusion that Dr. Todd was garroted. Dr. Adlestein is not a certified pathologist but a veterinarian who basically made a fool of himself during the inquiry by making wild and unsubstantiated speculations.

(3) The family claimed they had never heard of the witness which was the last person to see their son alive, and this led to their withdrawal from the court. Again, this witness had met the Todd family at their hotel room a few days after the death. He was not an "11-hour witness" brought at the last minute as mentioned in an initial CBS report, and his name was clearly mentioned in the opening statement of the inquiry.

 

[steffychun]

Bro, excellent summary. Much appreciated.

It's more logical point of view. Not a word from Peace Prize Winner Obama. Parents if they are right would be classified better than the CIA.

 

[winnipegjets]

PAP points of view:
1) Four experienced and certified forensic pathologists with two from US all concluded that it was suicide by hanging.
2) He had a history of depression and did see a psychiatrist and had been prescribed 26 Citalopram anti-depressant tablets. An unlabelled bottle with 19 tablets containing anti-depressant Citalopram was later found in Dr Todd's flat by his mother.
3) He wrote suicide notes to his parents, brothers, girlfriend and friends.
4) Dr Shane Todd's laptop showed he searched suicide-related sites on 19 different occasions between March 10 and June 23 last year
5) Shane Todd was not an expert in GaN but his area of expertise was in silicon-based transmission lines.

(1) The Hard Drive, which was central to the case, was NOT found by the family but handed to them by the police officer, in the presence of US embassy officials. So long for a spy case.

(2) The so-called expert (Dr. Adelstein) brought by the family retracted his initial conclusion that Dr. Todd was garroted. Dr. Adlestein is not a certified pathologist but a veterinarian who basically made a fool of himself during the inquiry by making wild and unsubstantiated speculations.

(3) The family claimed they had never heard of the witness which was the last person to see their son alive, and this led to their withdrawal from the court. Again, this witness had met the Todd family at their hotel room a few days after the death. He was not an "11-hour witness" brought at the last minute as mentioned in an initial CBS report, and his name was clearly mentioned in the opening statement of the inquiry.

Inconsistencies
1. In trying to hide the relations between Chinese companies, in particular Huawei, IME stated that they have no dealings with Huawei. During testimonies, one IME employee said that Huawei and IME collaborated on testing. IME executive even coached employees how to testify. Why was IME trying to hide the relationship between IME and Chinese companies.
2. IME says that Shane Todd did only 'logistical' work. In testimonies, some colleagues said that Shane was involved in major projects. Why was IME trying to play down the role of Shane Todd?
3. Shane Todd had already lined up a good paying job in the states. He was happy to move back. The psychiatrist, friends and family did not notice him having suicide ideation;
4. Shane Todd was stressed with his job, could it because the pressure placed on him by IME to betray the US?
5. Shane Todd had painted a negative picture of IME, yet in his suicide note, he praised IME.
6. Pornthip, the Thai pathologist, suggested that there are areas of wound that warrants investigation.
7. Why did the police not follow procedures at the crime scene? A gaffe, they claimed. Too coincidental to be believed.


These are just the points that come to mind. I don't have the resources that the PAP IB has. There are sufficient points to suggest that something is amiss in the death of Shane Todd. But that is just a red herring. The main issue is the role sinkapore plays in the transfer of US technology to PRC.

 

[kingrant]

Re: Shane Todd's parents call it corrupt no suing

Really fucking display of incompetence from our SPF. where's that shanmugam fella? what's he got to say this time?

 

[peppertail]

These are just the points that come to mind. I don't have the resources that the PAP IB has. There are sufficient points to suggest that something is amiss in the death of Shane Todd. But that is just a red herring. The main issue is the role sinkapore plays in the transfer of US technology to PRC.

Or there is no role at all. Most of your so called inconsistencies are plain speculations and gossip.

 

[steffychun]

Ok guys, go protest in streets in favour of this FT Ang Moh!

 

[escher]

SPF STINKS
KANGAROOS STINKS
STRAITS TIMES STINKS

Worse of all, the fucking running dogs here like steffychun stinks in the whitewashing and turning of a murder into a suicide


But we all know that
And we all are to blame for voting those maggots in white in again and again

WE WILL VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016

 

[winnipegjets]

Or there is no role at all. Most of your so called inconsistencies are plain speculations and gossip.

Speculations or gossips? Don't shoot before you read ...those are based on testimonies published by the PAP-Press ...Yes, the PAP-Press ...I don't have time to sit in the sessions.

 

[Dreamer1]

Suicide and silicon: why would anyone want to kill an American engineer in Singapore?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/11/4209650/why-would-anyone-want-to-kill-shane-todd

 

[Leongsam]

Suicide and silicon: why would anyone want to kill an American engineer in Singapore?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/11/42...ill-shane-todd

You can't even copy and paste a url the right way.