FBI very big ar?
Dear Mr and Mrs Todd, hold your horses leh
by Bertha Henson
If anyone should be hit with a contempt of court charge, it would be the parents of the late Shane Todd, the American engineer found hanged in his home here last June.
ST did the responsible thing by reporting only that the parents wanted a US congressional hearing because they feared that US security could have been “compromised’’. But the Todds went much, much further in interviews with foreign media.
Mrs Mary Todd told Reuters: “We believe China and Singapore are illegally transferring technology, our technology, from the United States. We believe it’s so high up that if our son was murdered, the implications for Singapore and China are so extreme that they will go to any lengths to make it look like suicide.”
Sigh. Perhaps it is the American way of exercising freedom of speech but this is rather pre-judging the case before the coroner’s inquiry that will start next week. Twelve days have been set aside – an extremely long time. And 63 witnesses lined up although not all will be called to testify. That’s also when the Todds and their lawyers can raise questions to their hearts content. The thing is, they have already decided what the verdict should be with Mrs Todd saying: “If they come out with a verdict of suicide, that’s too bad for Singapore. This is not going to go away. Our government, our FBI, has the proof. We have it.”
Well, well, good on you and your FBI! But can you wait for the Singapore court to sit?