Singapore's Ambassador to the United States Ashok Kumar Mirpuri has said that a news report filed by the Associated Press on the death of American engineer Shane Todd in Singapore was "inaccurate, misleading and mischievous," local media reported on Friday.
In a letter to the wire agency, Mirpuri referred to several inaccuracies in the story filed on May 27, including the headline which said that police in Singapore had admitted to "flouting protocol" when handling the high profile inquiry into the death of the American researcher.
"In explaining his actions under oath, the investigator did not say he had violated any protocols let alone 'admit' to doing so," Mirpuri wrote in the letter, with copies forwarded to the Washington Post and CBS. Full story
