By Kimberly Spykerman

WHEN Mr David Hartanto Widjaja's family arrived in Singapore on the day he died, various people all told them he had stabbed his professor, cut his own wrists and jumped off a bridge to his death.

These were mostly representatives from the Nanyang Technological University, said Mr Widjaja's brother William at a coroner's inquiry into the death.

Mr William Widjaja, 24, said he was surprised everyone had already drawn conclusions about how the events had panned out even though police investigations had barely started.

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