A young US engineer whose death in Singapore has sparked a high-profile inquiry attended a meeting with senior officials from Huawei, the Chinese telecoms company, to discuss a possible project, his employer said on Monday.
Patrick Lo, deputy executive director of research at the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a Singapore government research agency, was testifying at a coroner’s inquiry into the death of the engineer, Shane Todd.
The 31-year-old American was working for IME on the development of gallium nitride (GaN), a substance with commercial and military uses ranging from light-emitting displays and mobile phone base stations to radar and satellite communications.