Romanian &^^$!# to be tried at home

ROMANIAN diplomat Silviu Ionescu, will be tried in his native country over a hit-and-run crash in Singapore in December that killed a Malaysian national, prosecutors said on Thursday.

A former charge d'affaires in Singapore, he has been indicted for homicide, causing physical injuries and false statements, a press release from the general prosecutor's office said.

Ionescu is alleged to have hit three pedestrians in two incidents in December while driving a car belonging to the Romanian mission. One of the victims, a 30-year-old Malaysian national, suffered brain damage and died on Christmas Day, while the two others, aged 24 and 18, suffered injuries. MORE