Singapore will launch a public inquiry Monday into the death of a US researcher whose family believes he was murdered because of a high-tech project for a Chinese firm that has been suspected of espionage.
The scientist's parents, Rick and Mary Todd, are disputing a Singapore autopsy report that he committed suicide. They say their son had feared for his life and left computer files linking his work at the IME to Huawei.
The case gained world attention when the London-based Financial Times reported in February that Todd, 31, was working on a project using gallium nitride (GaN), a semiconductor material that can be used in radar and satellite communications. Full story
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