Romanian envoy was drinking before accident, says witness

FORMER Romanian charge d'affaires Silviu Ionescu had been drinking "quite a lot" on Dec 14, said the Korean woman who had been with him that night.

This was hours before the embassy's car was involved in two traffic accidents in December. Testifying yesterday on the first day of the coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr Tong Kok Wai, 30, who was knocked down on the morning of Dec 15 and died days later in hospital, the woman said in a statement that she had met Dr Ionescu earlier, on Dec 5, at an Esplanade performance.

The accidents left two other men injured and the car that knocked them down was identified as the Romanian Embassy's car, a black Audi A6 with the licence plate S3401CD...more.

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