Jeong Ae Ree Testifies In Silviu Ionescu Case
In the first day of the coroner's inquiry into hit-and-run victim Tong Kok Wai's death yesterday, Ms Jeong Ae Ree mentioned that she accompanied Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu on a night of revelry.
Jeong Ae Ree, a 40 year old Korean woman, was dressed elegantly in black and sunglasses as she made her appearance in court. The opera singer and voice coach has only known Dr Silviu Ionescu for nine days but she has become the key person in this case.
Both of them went to Shangri-La Hotel where he had some white wine and then adjourned to a Turkish restaurant in Clarke Quay and a KTV lounge at Peace Centre for a birthday party. Footages from CCTV taken at Shangri-La Hotel and Legend Palace were shown in court and Silviu Ionescu was seen with his arm around Ms Jeong.
Jeong Ae Ree said that Silviu Ionescu consumed tequila shots and a mixture of Coke and alcoholic spirits. It was almost 3am when he sent her back to her Hillcrest Arcadia condominium.
The following day, Silviu Ionescu met Jeong Aee Ree and said he was only "pretending to drink" alcohol the night they were out. He also showed her some medication and said he was a diabetic, and thus could not drink too much alcohol. All this puzzled Ms Jeong, who told the court she did not know why he did so.
I guess more relevations surrounding this case will come out as the inquiry continues. For now, it is clear Silviu Ionescu has been driving under the influence of alcohol but whether he is the culprit of Tong Kok Wai's death and hitting 18-year-old student Muhammad Haris Abu Talib remains to be seen.
At the end of the day, even if justice cannot be served to the offender due to diplomatic reasons, at least a sincere apology will be nice.
1 comments:
High profile case. Pity the victims!
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