Student witnesses say David Widjaja did not slip and fall off.
Channel NewsAsia - Saturday, May 23
Singapore: Day three of the coroner’s inquiry into the death of Indonesian student David Widjaja saw seven witnesses taking the stand on Friday.
The witnesses included five students from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) where Widjaja studied.
One of them — graduate student Lobna Kamyab — was the last person to speak to the 21—year—old electrical and electronic engineering student.
The Iranian student said for ten minutes, she tried to coax Widjaja off the roof of the link bridge he had climbed onto.
She said she saw blood dripping from his elbow and his clothes were soaked in blood. When he suddenly appeared in front of her and started climbing onto the roof of the link bridge, she ran into a laboratory to ask staff inside to call the authorities before returning to his side.
But she was unable to stop him as he deliberately leaned forward and used both arms to push himself off the bridge.
Two other second—year students also testified that Widjaja did not slip and fall off.
The inquest continues on Monday.
Perhaps there'll be a new bridge linking eastern Johor & Singapore
S’pore, Malaysia will explore ways to enhance connectivity at Causeway
SINGAPORE: Malaysia and Singapore will look into the possibility of linking up the eastern side of Johor and the Republic with a new bridge, said the prime ministers of both countries on Friday.
This proposal will be studied by the joint ministerial committee, which has already been set up to look into the development of Iskandar Malaysia.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak, who is in Singapore for an introductory visit, announced this at a joint news conference.
Both leaders said they had a good discussion which covered a range of areas of cooperation between the two countries, including the possibilities of iconic projects.
On Mr Najib’s proposal to set up a wellness centre in Iskandar Malaysia, PM Lee felt this could be expanded into a township.
This proposal will also be discussed by the joint ministerial committee, which is led by Singapore’s National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan and Nor Mohamed Yakcop from the Prime Minister’s Office in Malaysia.
On the importance of facilitating people and traffic flow between the two countries, Mr Lee stressed that the volume is growing and would grow further.
Therefore, he said both countries should enable such flow to happen as conveniently as smoothly as possible.
Mr Lee said he had expressed his full support for enhancing the connectivity and the ease of movement on both sides and has suggested alternatives like broadening the Causeway and improving a rail link to link up the two rail transport systems.
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