Police officer questioned in second day of inquiry

Senior investigation officer Rayme Koh, who had entered Todd’s flat on June 24 last year, after his body was found, went on to say he accessed the laptop using a password found on a Post-It note in the master bedroom. The laptop was in “hibernation” mode when he found it on the bed, he added.

This account was different from the testimony given by another police officer on Monday, who said that Koh was not wearing any gloves while handling the laptop, lawyer Amarjit Singh said. Singh is representing Todd’s family for the inquiry.

When Singh asked Koh why he did not think to hand the laptop over to the police Technology Crime Forensics Branch first, he said: “I strongly believe that [the Post-It note] was left behind for a reason. I wanted to confirm that the password was for the laptop. I wish to state that I did wear gloves when I was accessing the laptop.”

This exchange was one of several dramatic moments on the second day of the inquiry, which started on Monday.

Shortly before the inquiry broke for lunch, Senior State Counsel Tai Wei Shyong also sought to clarify various questions that had been posed by Singh to Koh and Sergeant Rajina Sharma Rajandran.

Singh asked both witnesses whether it was possible that no blood had been found in Todd’s home because he may have died elsewhere, and that no furniture in his flat appeared disturbed because it might have been rearranged.

The lawyer also asked whether Koh would re-open the investigation if more evidence was presented to him.

Meanwhile, Tai rebutted asking Singh if those questions were hypothetical or allegations. “If my learned friend is raising these issues ... My request is whether these were asked purely as hypothetical or are these the position he is taking.”

Singh’s reply was that his questions were merely hypothetical, to which State Coroner Chay Yuen Fatt said he would take them as such.