DAVID Hartanto Widjaja, a final-year Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student, who died after falling four storeys on campus, after allegedly stabbing his professor, sustained 36 injuries in all, a Coroner's court was told on Wednesday.

The injuries included abrasions, cuts and lacerations on his hands, head, fingers, and legs, said Ms Marian Wang, a Registrar of Forensic Medicine with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).

There were also cut wounds on his wrists, which were 'consistent with being inflicted by a sharp-edge object such as a knife'.

Ms Wang said the other injuries were consistent with that of a fall from height.

The 21-year-old Indonesian, who was in his final year electrical and electronic engineering course, also suffered internal injuries which included fractures and internal bleeding, as a result of the fall.

These are the findings from an autopsy carried out on March 3, a day after Widjaja died. The cause of death is listed as multiple injuries.

Widjaja fell to this death moments after he allegedly stabbed Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk, 45, who was supervising his final-year project at the time.

Present at the inquiry before State Coroner Victor Yeo were Widjaja's parents, his elder brother and uncle who have flown in from Jakarta, as well as representatives from NTU, officials from the Indonesian Embassy here and several journalists from the Indonesian media.

Convinced that he didn't kill himself, the Widjaja's family has hired veteran criminal lawyer Shashi Nathan to look after their interests. Mr Nathan, who heads Harry Elias Partnership's crime practice department, is holding a watching brief at the coroner's inquiry.

Questioning the injuries, Mr Nathan asked the pathologist about a small bruise found on Widjaja's neck, saying if this could have been the result of a struggle.

Ms Wang said 'it was possible but unlikely', in view of Widjaja's other injuries.

The events leading up to his death remained a mystery to his family and friends as the young man, an Asean scholar, gave no inkling that anything was wrong when they spoke to him days before the incident.

His family members were also unable to meet Prof Chan to hear his side of the story, despite making a trip to his condominium home in Jurong East in April.

The inquiry continues.