SINGAPORE - He had left home on the morning of June 18, 1991, and walked to his car like on any other day, only to find it coated with a film of light grey powder.
"What a nuisance, I first thought, and wiped it away as best as I could," recounted Associate Professor Simon Tay, 60, chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.
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