Indonesian Student stabs prof NTU..

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A NANYANG Technological University professor was stabbed by his final-year project student, who later fell off a bridge linking two buildings on the Boon Lay campus on Monday morning. Professor Chan Kap Luk, from the NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was stabbed in the back and arms in his office on the sixth floor of Block S1 at about 10.30am.

Moments after the attack, the fourth year 21-year-old Indonesian student is believed to have slit his wrists and fallen four floors from the roof of a bridge linking the School of EEE and the Techno Plaza.

The student, identified as David Hartanto Widjaja, was pronounced dead by paramedics at about 10.45am.

Prof Chan, 45, was rushed to the nearby National University Hospital. Eyewitnesses said he was taken unconscious to the ambulance and his bloodied body was bare. He underwent an emergency operation and his injuries are said not to be life-threatening.

The horrendous attack shocked students returning to campus on Monday after a one-week mid-term break. Prof Chan, a father of two young children, is believed to be the supervisor of the student's final year project.

Puddles of blood were seen near the entrance of Prof Chan's office, with several pieces of blood-soaked gauze strewn on the floor.

An eye-witness, Mr Liu Yan, 24, a final-year electronic enginneering student from China, said he and his friend were studying in the Techno Plaza on the fourth level, when he happened to look out of the window and saw a student with blood oozing from his arm dashing across the bridge.

Next, he saw the student tettering on the edge of the glass rooftop of the bridge. Moments later, he was gone. The rooftop was splattered with blood, he said.
'I immediately called the police and then, with my friend, rushed down to check. We were shocked to see the student's body lying motionless at the foot of the block,' said Mr Liu.

In a statement, NTU said the next-of-kin of the student and professor had been notified.
NTU President Dr Su Guaning, said: 'The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened. The matter will be investigated thoroughly. The university community will rally together at this difficult time and do our utmost to help the student's family, the professor and his family, and those traumatised by the incident.'

Updated statement issued by NTU on the stabbing incident on Monday evening. 'A final year student, David Hartanto Widjaja, 21, from the electrical and electronic engineering school is believed to have stabbed Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk, 45, this morning, 2 March 2009, and to have subsequently fallen off the linkway between two blocks.
The ambulance and the police were called immediately.

Mr Widjaja was pronounced dead. Mr Widjaja's parents and Prof Chan's family members have been notified. Prof Chan is receiving medical treatment at the National University Hospital and is recovering well.

The university board of trustees, management and the NTU community, much saddened by the tragic loss, express heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr Widjaja.
President NTU, Dr Su Guaning, says, 'The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened. The matter will be investigated thoroughly.

The university community will rally together at this difficult time and do our utmost to help the student's family, the professor and his family, and those traumatised by the incident.'

The University's counselling professionals have been mobilised to help and the school is assisting the police with investigations.'

Professor Chan Kap Luk


Professor Chan Kap Luk is the Deputy Director of Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, at the NTU's division of Information Engineering. He has been with the School of EEE since 1992.

He received his Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering from Queen Mary College of University of London, UK, and PhD degrees from the Imperial College of University of London.

According to Prof Chan's website, which was last updated in 2005, he lectures final year undergraduate engineering class in Multimedia Systems and tutors a year 3 class in microproceessors. The professor, who is said to enjoy cooking and swimming, also lectures a masters class in image processing and pattern recognition.

Prof Chan's research interests include computer vision and machine learning. He has done significant research work his research areas and published over 40 top quality international conference and journal papers.

He has been often invited as a committe member or referee and reviewer for a number of premier conferences and journals.
Dr Chan is a member of IEEE, IET and PREMIA.

He was formerly a project manager at Axiom Innovation Ltd, in Cambridge, UK, as Information Engineer from Nov. 1990 - Aug. 1991 and later became became project Manager.

Prof Chan Kap Luk's areas of expertise are Image Analysis and Computer Vision , Image and Video Retrieval, and Biomedical Signal/Image Analysis for Computer Assisted Diagnosis System (CADS).



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