Since makapa is not here yet, i think i'll post this here ...
ST 22/5/09
NTU Don recounts attack
Lecturer says he turned around to see a knife being thrust at his face
NANYANG Technological University professor Chan Kap Luk barely glanced at the undergraduate who had come into his room. He was busy at his computer preparing slides for a presentation at noon that day.
The student, Mr David Hartanto Widjaja, said he wanted to discuss his final year project, due for submission at the end of March. He wanted to give the lecturer a thumbdrive containing a computer program he had worked on.
He explained to Mr Widjaja that the program could not run on his office computer. As he had a deadline to beat, Prof Chan suggested that Mr Widjaja give him an oral overview instead.
The lecturer's version of what then happened was heard for the first time yesterday by a courtroom packed with Indonesian media, embassy representatives and relatives, on the second day of the coroner's inquiry into Mr Widjaja's death.
It was also the first time that Mr Widjaja's family was seeing Prof Chan, since the 21-year-old Indonesian student died at the Nanyang Technological University on March 2.
Prof Chan, a lecturer at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, recounted how he was attacked by his student, who later fell four storeys to his death on campus grounds.
He told the court that he continued working at his computer, with his back to Mr Widjaja, while questioning the student. His replies sounded shaky and nervous, Prof Chan said. (no manners, when u talk to someone u shd face him & make eye contact)
Suddenly he felt something hitting his back, 'as if someone was punching me'. He told the court: 'I was asking myself: 'What's this? He's hitting me? Why?''
Prof Chan said he turned around to see a knife being thrust at his face. He was not able to tell the court which hand Mr Widjaja had it in, or how he had held it.
A struggle ensued with the bespectacled, medium-built professor holding up both arms to deflect further knife attacks. Prof Chan and Mr Widjaja are believed to have been the only two people in the room that morning.
The five-day hearing continues today.
ST 22/5/09
NTU Don recounts attack
Lecturer says he turned around to see a knife being thrust at his face
NANYANG Technological University professor Chan Kap Luk barely glanced at the undergraduate who had come into his room. He was busy at his computer preparing slides for a presentation at noon that day.
The student, Mr David Hartanto Widjaja, said he wanted to discuss his final year project, due for submission at the end of March. He wanted to give the lecturer a thumbdrive containing a computer program he had worked on.
He explained to Mr Widjaja that the program could not run on his office computer. As he had a deadline to beat, Prof Chan suggested that Mr Widjaja give him an oral overview instead.
The lecturer's version of what then happened was heard for the first time yesterday by a courtroom packed with Indonesian media, embassy representatives and relatives, on the second day of the coroner's inquiry into Mr Widjaja's death.
It was also the first time that Mr Widjaja's family was seeing Prof Chan, since the 21-year-old Indonesian student died at the Nanyang Technological University on March 2.
Prof Chan, a lecturer at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, recounted how he was attacked by his student, who later fell four storeys to his death on campus grounds.
He told the court that he continued working at his computer, with his back to Mr Widjaja, while questioning the student. His replies sounded shaky and nervous, Prof Chan said. (no manners, when u talk to someone u shd face him & make eye contact)
Suddenly he felt something hitting his back, 'as if someone was punching me'. He told the court: 'I was asking myself: 'What's this? He's hitting me? Why?''
Prof Chan said he turned around to see a knife being thrust at his face. He was not able to tell the court which hand Mr Widjaja had it in, or how he had held it.
A struggle ensued with the bespectacled, medium-built professor holding up both arms to deflect further knife attacks. Prof Chan and Mr Widjaja are believed to have been the only two people in the room that morning.
The five-day hearing continues today.
