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Jeneral2885

(1,354 posts)
Thu May 23, 2013, 04:09 PM May 2013

Was US scientist really murdered? Now the Singaporean inquest will continue all by itself

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130523-424701.html

The family of Shane Todd, left Singapore for the United States early Thursday morning, forgoing their opportunity to testify at the coroner's inquiry into the American researcher's death.


and

this http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/05/22/family-quits-singapore-inquiry-into-u-s-engineers-death/

If you don't know the full story--google Shane Todd.

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Not to say Singapore's judicial system is perfect. No country's judicial system is perfect. But if you were murdered due to being pressured over compromising US National Security, thne why are top of the line US warships still in Singapore, where there's so much chance to compromise military secrets there


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Was US scientist really murdered? Now the Singaporean inquest will continue all by itself (Original Post) Jeneral2885 May 2013 OP
If it was a case of attempting selling of secrets Jeneral2885 May 2013 #1

Jeneral2885

(1,354 posts)
1. If it was a case of attempting selling of secrets
Fri May 24, 2013, 01:54 PM
May 2013

Then either 1) Obama and his administration are lousy not to pick it up and only an airline pilot and a church pastor are clever enough to think it is about espionage 2) Why are there no economic sanctions being imposed on the suspected parties 3) Why are brand new technologically advanced US warships docking at Singapore where even more espionage or sabotage can take place easily?

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