Three people, including two taxi drivers, identified diplomat Silviu Ionescu a few hours after the hit-and-run involving a vehicle belonging to the Romanian embassy in Singapore in which a person was killed, ‘The Straits Times’ reported yesterday. One of the taxi drivers who drove the charge d’affaires in the early morning hours of December 15, Neo Hock Beng, decided he should keep the receipt as he suspected that particular client might end up in some kind of trouble, the publication said. The surviving victims of the accident have not testified yet. According to the newspaper, one of the injured pedestrians cannot remember how the accident happened or how he ended up in hospital. He gave a deposition on Tong’s death on the second day of the coroner’s inquiry. Bong Hwee Haw (24) was crossing the street together with his friend, Tong Kok Wai (30) at the junction of the Bukit Panjang and Bangkit Street, when he was hit by an Audi. The accident happened on December 15 at about 03:10 hours local time. Later it was revealed that the Audi belonged to the Romanian Embassy and had been reported stolen.
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