David Widjaja’s autopsy report released, results not disclosed

David Widjaja’s autopsy report released, results not disclosed

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

By Terence Lee / Deputy Editor

THE file on David Widajaja’s case remains wide open.

While the autopsy report on his death has finally been released, the details of what transpired during the alleged stabbing incident remains sketchy.

The family received the autopsy report on 4th April (Saturday) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Without revealing much details to the public, the report has been sent to a team of doctors in Jakarta for analysis, says William Widjaja in a TOC interview on 6th April.

They did so because they could not understand the medical terms used in the document, he claimed. William also declined a request to send a copy of the report to TOC, saying “it’s better to leave it to the professionals.”

Nevertheless, a press conference will be held once the results are known. This was deemed necessary by the family as many Indonesians are clamouring to know what has happened.

“They all want justice for David,” he said.

William’s family is still grieving over David’s death (for background information on the stabbing incident, click here). Despite the completion of investigations by the Singapore Police Force (SPF), William is disappointed over the way the they have handled the case.

He is puzzled over why the police needs one month to come up with the report. According to him, an autopsy report in Indonesia usually takes about two days to complete.

It was David’s family that took the initiative to ask the SPF for the report.

They called the Indonesian embassy on 2nd April and asked for their help in checking with the SPF about the status of the investigations. The SPF replied by saying that they will send the autopsy report to Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which will then pass one copy to David’s family.

According to the Jakarta Post, the family received the report on the 6th April via email.

However, William wonders why the SPF cannot send the report directly to them.

“The police must contact us, and they need to tell us and give some explanation to us,” he said.

While calm throughout most of the interview with TOC, William sounded upset as he expressed displeasure at the way the Singapore media has handled the coverage so far. He went into a tirade over how he felt the mainstream media jumped to the conclusion that David was the aggressor.

“It’s very, very unfair,” he said before finally calming down.

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