Summary of Facts in Chronological Order

*David Hartanto Widjaja*

1) An Indonesian student who was selected to represent Indonesia in International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in Mexico during his senior high school days at SMUK 1, Jakarta.
2) He is known to be cheerful, nice, pleasant, and not easily stressed. One of his IMO friends said that when David was on the verge not being able to represent Indonesia for IMO, he did not show any sign of disappointment, let alone depression.
3) He is known to be an avid gamer, spending hours everyday playing computer games. His online game friends testify that David, known by the nickname Majin / Terra Majin, is a very fun, humorist, and pleasant person. Some of the games he played are Destiny Online and Hammerfall RPG on Facebook.
4) David’s ASEAN scholarship was terminated at the end of semester 7 due to his poor grades, reported to be below the required 3.5 GPA. David had informed his family as soon as he received this news, which is about 3 weeks before the incident. David and his family accepted the fact, and they don’t have the slightest of problems to make the final $3000 payment for David’s final (8th) semester.
5) David was once a President of an “electronic club” in NTU, believed to be a group with common interest in computer games (confirmation required).

*Final Year Project (FYP)*
1) Prof Chan Kap Luk (CKL) was David’s Industrial Attachment (IA) supervisor.
2) Students in NTU are given the freedom to choose their professor and the project title. David probably chose CKL because David was very satisfied with their relationship during IA.
3) The title of David’s FYP: Multiview acquisition from Multi-camera configuration for person adaptive 3D display. The goal is to create a 3D image of an object by processing the image produced by multiple cameras. If successful, this technology could lead to a breakthrough in security and military technology.
4) This project is reported to have received $500k funding from an unknown source (confirmation required). Whether the money is only for this project, or this FYP is a sub-project of a bigger one, is unknown.
5) The FYP is a two-semester program, so it has already started on semester 7. FYP draft report must be submitted about 4-6 weeks into semester 8, while the final report should be submitted a few weeks thereafter.
6) The FYP grade will not be disclosed until the end of the final semester.
7) Klemens Andrianto managed to get hold of David’s salvaged NTU-mails, and by reading David’s mails, Klemens got an impression that David’s FYP is progressing well. Note that it is just an impression.

What really happened is currently unknown.http://manusialempung.blogspot.com/2009/03/klarifikasi-tentang-isu-penyimpangan.html*Geographical Details of NTU*Please refer to http://manusialempung.blogspot.com/2009/03/geographical-context-of-incident.html

*A week before the incident*

1) David chatted with his brother William once during that week, and William did not detect anything strange from his little brother.
2) David put a “Do Not Disturb” message on his Facebook. It is believed that David wanted to focus more on his FYP that week.
The message (confirmation required) is believed to be ”Tidak menerima tamu di rumah dan telepon untuk sementara ini” or “Not accepting any guests at home or phonecalls at this moment”.
*1 March 2009*
Believed to be around this date, Zhou Zheng (ZZ) had a conversation with his father, Zhou He Ping, on the phone. His father can sense that there is something troubling ZZ, but Zhou He Ping did not know anything about it.
*2 March 2009*
02.00 AM:
David’s friend saw him online on Facebook, playing Hammerfall RPG.09.00 AM: Approximately around this time, David is still active in a game’s forum, reading and posting message(s) (confirmation required).
10.00 AM:
Approximately around this time David is believed to meet CKL. David brought his towel and drinking bottle with him inside his bag to CKL’s office. Around this time also, ZZ was also believed to start his first day at work by looking for some professors, one of them is CKL, to get approval letters. ZZ need these letters to get his lab key(s) and start working.
10.30 AM:
David and CKL came out from CKL’s office. Both were wounded, and they headed to different directions. CKL seeking help from nearby officers, the knife without handle was found to be with CKL. It is unknown who brought the knife to the office, and where is the missing handle. Meanwhile David headed to the nearby staircase, went from B1 down to B2, climbed the protective railing, and sit on top of the roof of the connecting bridge to Research Techno-Plaza. Some eye-witnesses saw David, soaked in blood, running.
10.35 AM:
Some eye-witnesses saw David on top of that roof and tried to talk him to prevent David from jumping, but they failed. David jumped down to ground floor (it is still unclear whether David voluntarily jumped or he tried to escape to the floor below, or he lost consciousness and fell). Police were immediately notified.
10.45 AM:
David was pronounced dead by the police. CKL should have received emergency medical attention by now, and he should soon be conveyed to National University Hospital (NUH) to receive medical treatment.
11.00 AM:
A lot of people visited the crime scene.Afternoon time: David’s family was notified, and they flew immediately to Singapore. NTU tried to calm the situation. Police were investigating the case. After which, David’s body is removed from the scene, and all blood trails were washed clean. Police report came out at 4.30 PM.
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Evening time: David’s family arrived in Singapore. They asked to see David’s body, but were denied by the authorities. David’s family was disgruntled, but they complied nonetheless. Then they proceed to see the crime scene, only to find it clean without a trace, not even a police line was found. David’s family then went to David’s room, and surprised to find David’s computer still on, with his MSN Messenger still online.
*3 March 2009*
1) News broke out, primarily started by Singapore media, that David is believed to have stabbed CKL, and then committed suicide. The media claimed to have seen slash wound on David’s wrist. 2) CKL is announced to have passed critical stage and his life is not in danger.
3) David’s family was finally allowed to see David’s body, but only from neck upwards. David’s body was covered in plastic. They requested the police to open his whole body, but the request was denied. They managed to confirm with the police that there is a large slash wound on David’s neck below his chin, and there is no slash wound whatsoever on his wrists. They also saw there is a lot of blood on David’s buttock.
4) David’s family’s request to meet CKL was denied, because CKL was still in ICU.
5) David’s family then tried to meet the eye-witnesses, but again that request was denied by NTU, and the reason NTU gave was “it has to be kept confidential”.
6) ZZ worked in the same lab as David. When he was home, he left his front door open and burned sacred papers for prayers. This routine attracted his neighbors’ attention, and it continued everyday until ZZ was found dead on Friday.
*4 March 2009*
1) CKL was allowed to leave NUH. When asked about the incident, he chose to remain silent. CKL is believed to spend his time at home, recuperating and recovering himself from the tragic incident.
2) The discrepancy posted by Singapore media raised many eyebrows around the globe, which led to many Indonesians rallying support for David and demand justice to be served.
3) Indonesian Embassy said they did not have the authority to interfere with the investigation, and thus relied fully to Singapore Police to do the investigation.
4) David is cremated, based on family tradition.
5) David’s family left Singapore after finishing all administrative tasks regarding David, including closing bank accounts, etc. They did not see the point of staying in Singapore any longer, after being denied access on virtually everything they asked to help shed some light on David’s case.
6) David’s laptop is held by Singapore Police for investigation.
7) NTU deleted all records of David and his FYP from NTU database for an unknown reason.
8) David’s NTU mail was also deleted, but a friend of his managed to save his inbox before it got deleted. This is strange because NTU usually preserve the e-mail of their students, even letting them using it after they graduated from the university.http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=71853304&postcount=2208

*6 March 2009*
10.30 PM:
ZZ was found hanged in his balcony by his housemate, by then he was already dead. Police were notified by his friends. When police arrived, ZZ has been brought down by his friends.
10.55 PM:
ZZ was pronounced dead by the police.The second suspected murder case in NTU within a week sparked even more attention towards these cases. Many wondered whether there is connection between ZZ’s death and David’s death.It is reported that ZZ left a will (final letter) for his family, but it has not been opened yet.

*7 March 2009*
Straits Times published news about ZZ, which mentioned about the similarities with David’s case, which is only 4 days apart. In the report, a chronological sequence of ZZ’s death is presented, alongside ZZ’s short profile.

*8 March 2009*
Straits Times amended their post about ZZ earlier, omitting all links to David’s case. This raises speculations that Straits Times was under pressure from an unknown party.

*Zhou Zheng*
1) He is 24 years old, born in Hubei, China.
2) He and David worked on the same field, and coincidentally on the same lab, under the same professor, CKL.
3) CKL said, through his wife, he did not know ZZ.
4) ZZ graduated on July 2008 from NTU, School of EEE. He was then on training under a company. He was then transferred to another country to continue his training. 2 months later, ZZ and his colleagues were ordered to return to Singapore, and before long their job were terminated.
5) According to NTU, ZZ has just transferred to the school as a Project Officer on Monday, 2 March 2009, and his task is to help and teach students in the lab.
6) One lab assistant said that his friend is a good friend of ZZ. Prior to ZZ’s death, his friend did not observe anything strange from ZZ. ZZ only mentioned that he got a heart disease.
7) People who live near ZZ’s apartment said that they did not know ZZ, and a day before the incident they also did not hear any strange noises.
8) Lian He Wan Bao from Singapore quoted a statement from a foreigner couple. The couple said that they did not know ZZ, but they remember him, because he often leaves his front door open and often burns sacred papers for praying. ZZ was often seen praying in front of the door.
9) A guy nicknamed Asalim posted the following inhttp://www.gabrielsai.com/blog/2009/03/a-conspiracy-theory-on-deaths-in-ntu.html

“Zhou Zheng is a new Project Officer and he is just joined on March 2, the day of David’s incident. As far as I know, because I was also an ex-Project Officer in that lab (ISRL/S2-B3a-06), on the first day I joined, I need to find 3 Professors to approve that I will be stationed in that lab and to get the lab key. And of course, you need to walk around the professors office area to look for the profs. And, one of the prof is the Head of Information Engineering which is located at S1-B2c area, near the Prof Chan’s office which is in S1-B2b area. As I remember, on the day I joined, 10am to 11 am is the time when I was also looking for the profs on the day I joined. (The form need to be signed immediately because it is needed to get the Lab key) So, my opinion is that person “might” be around the Profs office area at the time of David’s incident. I use the word “might” because this is just my speculations. And, my point is this person might be connected to David’s case also.”

*REFERENCES*

1) Some information from David’s family. This is a report made by Klemens AndriantoEnglish (translated by Felicia Yan):http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=72493980&postcount=2154Indonesian:http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=60511386267&topic=8870
2) Video: David’s family thinks that David’s death is full of oddities.http://video.okezone.com/play/2009/03/05/236/7951/keluarga-nilai-kematian-david-penuh-kejanggalanTranslation (by Yukiya Valentine):- Both father and brother did not believe it was suicide, because David is a realistic, cheerful, and confidence person. He is NOT stressed and definitely not introvert as most of his friend from the campus or high school can confirm this.- When they visit NTU and try to talk to the people there, they feel that there are party suggesting the people not to talk to them.- The were not allowed to see David's body immediately, the reason given that was the rule- The crime scene was already cleaned by night, there isn't even a police line- They manage to talk to his close friend, who mentioned there was no anomaly in his behaviour- The parents KNOW about the scholarship being terminated 3 weeks in advanced. David has informed them, and they have NO problem paying the school fee. The father say literally "the news about the scholarship is made to cornered my son, to make people think he is stressed "- They were only allowed to see the body from neck up (neck down wrapped in plastic), reason given : singapore law- They were not allowed to meet Prof Chan, reason given that Prof Chan is in critical condition, yet the next day when they went back to Indonesia, the newspaper stated Prof Chan has been discharged from the hospital early morning- When asked whether they have plan to come back Singapore to investigate this, they said they were thinking twice about it, because it happens behind close door between these 2 person, and one has already passed away, so it will be very subjective.- All the explanation given are one sided, saying always "David stabbed the Prof" when the father say, there are other possibility, like probably it was David who is the victim.- Lastly, they are hoping for justice, and thanking the television for the interview.
3) Video: An example of false reporting by Singapore mediahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmIYedUnqiA4) Tribute from his Destiny Online friends (In Loving Memory of Majin):http://destiny.enjoymmo.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=2882&extra=page%3D1&page=15) The post that started it all. Written by Edwin, David’s close friend:http://bitterecstasy.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/ntu-stabbing-case-another-side-of-the-story/6) A clear snapshot of David’s project (already deleted from NTU database).http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=71852224&postcount=22067) Two different versions of report from Straits Times.http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/03/08/195614/1096417/10/straits-times-buat-2-versi-berbeda-ada-apaTranslation:A well-known news publisher from Singapore, Straits Times, suddenly made two different versions about the death of a Project Officer from NTU named Zhou Zheng.On the first version, a few coincidentally similar facts between Zhou Zheng and David were written, but those facts were omitted in the second version. Why?In the first version, it is written that Zhou is on the same school with David, the school of EEE. Zhou graduated on July 2008, while David was a final-year student, before he fell to his death from the fourth floor of NTU building.Besides that, there are similarities on the day when ZZ started work and David committed suicide after allegedly stabbing his supervisor CKL, which is Monday, 2 March 2009.In the news that was published today (08/03/2009), that fact was omitted. Straits Times only wrote about the chronological sequence of ZZ’s death, and a short profile of ZZ. David’s name is not mentioned inside.Besides that, the photos are different in both articles. On the first one, ZZ’s body, wrapped in white cloth, was shown. On the second, the photo of smiling ZZ is put up.These oddities create a big question mark, because the chronological sequence of ZZ’s death is already written in the first version. Is it true that this well-known news publisher from Singapore was under pressure from an unknown party?8) Indonesian Embassy is “closely monitoring the case” but has no rights to investigate.http://www.indoprof.com/IndonesiaThinking/tabid/91/EntryID/113/Default.aspx9) This is a portion of the e-mail sent by a friend of mine who was there 15 minutes after the accident. He asked me not to disclose his name."David TIDAK jatuh terantuk atap jembatan dan kemudian mendarat ke tanah. Faktanya adalah david sempet duduk2 di tepi atap jembatan selama beberapa saat sebelum dia loncat. Buktinya? ada 2 orang yg lewat yg kebetulan liat david dan berusaha ngomong untuk cegah dia. Tapi akhirnya david lompat juga. Sekarang 2 saksi mata itu lagi di konseling di rumah sakit karena trauma."Translation:"David did NOT hit the roof of the connecting bridge and then landed on the ground. The fact is, David was sitting there on the edge of the roof for quite a while before he "jumped" (please don't draw conclusions yet that David actually jumped by his own decision). The proof? There were two persons who accidentally spotted David and tried to talk to him to prevent him from jumping. But in the end, David jumped. Currently those two eye-witnesses are on counseling in the hospital because of severe trauma."10) A valuable comment by fellow EEE final-year student nicknamed manwest84:http://comment.straitstimes.com/showthread.php?t=17551&page=411) Information about Zhou Zheng:Chinese:http://info.china.alibaba.com/news/detail/v5003013-d1004451672.htmlhttp://hi.baidu.com/%CA%B0%BB%C4%D0%A1%C3%A82008/blog/item/b36d9300dddae20b728da527.htmlhttp://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090313_526.shtmlTranslation to Indonesian: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=67772059154&topic=7422(see post #4, #5, and #23)12) Gabriel Sai’s blog:http://www.gabrielsai.com/blog/2009/03/a-conspiracy-theory-on-deaths-in-ntu.htmlValuable information here:1) Snapshot of Zhou Zheng’s personal information in NTU database.2) Someone said David was online in Destiny Online forum at 09.00AM on the incident day.