WASHINGTON – Singapore’s foreign minister pledged on Tuesday that his country would 

investigate the death of an American engineer whose family rejects a Singaporean police 

finding that their son committed suicide.

華盛頓——新加坡外交部於周二承諾，該國將對一名美國工程師之死進行調查，該工程師

的家人拒絕接受新加坡警方得出的其兒子自殺的結論。

The death of Shane Todd, whose body was found in his Singapore apartment hours after his 

last day working for a government research agency there, has threatened to undermine the 

cordial relations between the United States and Singapore.

沙恩·托德(Shane Todd)的死亡，給美國和新加坡的親密關係帶來損壞的威脅，就在托德從

一家新加坡政府研究機構離職幾小時後，他的屍體在其公寓內被發現。

The Singaporean foreign minister, K. Shanmugam, met in Washington Tuesday with Senator 

Max Baucus, who has been pushing for U.S. involvement in the inquiry. After the meeting, Mr. 

Shanmugan pledged a full investigation and welcomed the involvement of Mr. Todd’s family.

新加坡外交部長尚穆根(K. Shanmugam)周二在華盛頓與參議員馬克斯· 鮑卡斯(Max Baucus)

會面，鮑卡斯一直在推動美國介入調查。此次會面後，尚穆根保證將對該案進行全面調查，

並歡迎托德的家人參與。

“There will be a public inquiry where all the relevant evidence will be presented,” Mr. 

Shanmugam said, adding that the Mr. Todd’s family will be entitled to appoint their own 

lawyers and take part in the investigation.

尚穆根說，“我們將會進行公開調查，把所有相關證據公之於眾”，他補充道，托德的家人

有權選擇自己的律師並參與調查。

Although the death in June was ruled by Singapore’s police force to be a suicide by hanging, 

a report in the Financial Times published last month suggested that the investigation was 

flawed and its conclusions suspect. The report also said that before his death, Mr. Todd had 

feared that a project he was working on would be used for military applications by China.

儘管新加坡警方已經將這起發生在去年6月的死亡案定為上吊自殺，但上月《金融時報》

(Financial Times)的一篇報道暗示，警方的調查有缺陷，其結論不可信。這篇報道還稱，

托德死前曾擔心自己從事的一個項目會被中國用於軍事應用。

Mr. Baucus  suggested that Singapore had to be more forthcoming about Mr. Todd’s death.

鮑卡斯指出新加坡應當對托德的死亡提供更多的信息。

        Shane Todd 的女朋友 Shirley Sarmiento

Friday, June 7, 2013   Ghostly Hands At Work

After the Todds left the official hearing about their son Shane's death in a huff, they told Reuters: "What has made us say that we can no longer stay here is the testimony from the beginning saying they are always only looking at suicide, never murder. The outcome was pre-determined."

Father of the deceased, Rick Todd promised, "Our next step from today is using the court of public opinion," and he is delivering the goods. The material sent to Associated Press includes some pictures not made available in the extensive coverage given by the 149th ranked local rag. Quite plausibly, they fear falling short of the regulatory framework misinformation minister Yaacob Ibrahim had in mind when he told the BBC that the Media Development Authority (MDA) regulations are crafted in "the interest of ordinary Singaporeans" to enable them to "read the right thing".

Rightly or wrongly, it looks suspiciously like the ultimate cover up. Use your own eyes, before you have to be licensed to be permitted to make your own observations. 

In the light of so many discrepancies, why couldn't the jaundiced judicials have prepared to come away with an open verdict? That way, no one wins, but no one loses either. In death there's no need for a victor. 

2013年6月7日星期五  鬼鬼祟祟的手在工作

後Todds離開了正式審理他們的是巴蒂爾在一怒之下死亡，他們告訴路透社記者：“是什麼

讓我們說，我們不能再呆在這裡是從一開始說他們總是只盯着自殺的證詞，從未謀殺結果是

預先決定的。“

死者之父，里克·托德承諾，“我們從今天開始接下來的步驟是利用公眾輿論的法庭，”

我是交付貨物。發送給美聯社的材料包括在第149排當地抹布的廣泛報道中提供的一些圖片。

很振振有詞，他們擔心未能達到監管框架誤傳部長雅國ADH的心態。當我告訴BBC，媒體發展

管理局（MDA）的規定在“普通新加坡人的利益”製作，以使他們能夠“閱讀權事情。“

無論是對還是錯，它看起來都像是最終的掩蓋。在獲得許可進行自己的觀察之前，請親自

動眼。

鑑於這麼多的差異，為什麼黃疸的司法人員不準備公開判決？這樣，沒有人贏，但沒有人輸。

在死亡中，不需要勝利者。