Singapore said Monday (Dec. 31) that US officials invited to inspect the work of a local research institute allegedly linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington suspects of espionage were "satisfied" with the audit findings.
The state-linked Institute of Microelectronics (IME) was first thrust into the spotlight in February when the London-based Financial Times cast doubt on the apparent suicide of one of its former researchers -- US electronics engineer Shane Todd, who was found hanged in his Singapore flat in June 2012.