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.

华盛顿——新加坡外交部于周二承诺，该国将对一名美国工程师之死进行调查，该工程师

的家人拒绝接受新加坡警方得出的其儿子自杀的结论。

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，给美国和新加坡的亲密关系带来损坏的威胁，就在托德从

一家新加坡政府研究机构离职几小时后，他的尸体在其公寓内被发现。

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.

新加坡外交部长尚穆根(K. Shanmugam)周二在华盛顿与参议员马克斯· 鲍卡斯(Max Baucus)

会面，鲍卡斯一直在推动美国介入调查。此次会面后，尚穆根保证将对该案进行全面调查，

并欢迎托德的家人参与。

“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.

尚穆根说，“我们将会进行公开调查，把所有相关证据公之于众”，他补充道，托德的家人

有权选择自己的律师并参与调查。

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.

尽管新加坡警方已经将这起发生在去年6月的死亡案定为上吊自杀，但上月《金融时报》

(Financial Times)的一篇报道暗示，警方的调查有缺陷，其结论不可信。这篇报道还称，

托德死前曾担心自己从事的一个项目会被中国用于军事应用。

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

鲍卡斯指出新加坡应当对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

后Todds离开了正式审理他们的是巴蒂尔在一怒之下死亡，他们告诉路透社记者：“是什么

让我们说，我们不能再呆在这里是从一开始说他们总是只盯着自杀的证词，从未谋杀结果是

预先决定的。“

死者之父，里克·托德承诺，“我们从今天开始接下来的步骤是利用公众舆论的法庭，”

我是交付货物。发送给美联社的材料包括在第149排当地抹布的广泛报道中提供的一些图片。

很振振有词，他们担心未能达到监管框架误传部长雅国ADH的心态。当我告诉BBC，媒体发展

管理局（MDA）的规定在“普通新加坡人的利益”制作，以使他们能够“阅读权事情。“

无论是对还是错，它看起来都像是最终的掩盖。在获得许可进行自己的观察之前，请亲自

动眼。

鉴于这么多的差异，为什么黄疸的司法人员不准备公开判决？这样，没有人赢，但没有人输。

在死亡中，不需要胜利者。