Singapore to share Todd evidence with FBI Singapore has pledged to share with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation evidence it gathers in a widening probe into the death of a young American engineer in the southeast Asian city-state. The move is the latest twist in a delicate bilateral issue between the US and one of its key regional allies. It comes ahead of the first meeting in the US capital on Wednesday between K. Shanmugam, Singapore's foreign minister, and John Kerry, US secretary of state, as well as between Mr Shanmugam and Eric Holder, US attorney-general. US senators have been pressing for greater FBI involvement in an investigation into the death of Shane Todd, who was 31 when he was found hanged in his Singapore apartment last year. His parents are not convinced he took his own life, however, and have been unhappy with the Singapore police investigation. They believe the police too quickly considered their son's death a suicide. Senator Max Baucus, of Montana, the Todds" home state, had raised the matter with Mr Kerry, his staff said. At the time of his death, Mr Todd headed a team at the Institute of Microelectronics, a Singapore government research agency, working on the development of gallium nitride, a substance with both commercial and military use. Two weeks ago the police asked for help in "two specific areas," according to an email from the American embassy in Singapore to Todd's parents. The Singapore police force said on Tuesday it had "shared information on both operational and developmental areas for many years" and that this "extends to the investigation of Shane Todd's death." The [police] and FBI have engaged in several discussions and are working together on this matter. As part of its investigation, the [police] will also take into account any information and evidence that the FBI may independently gather," a police force statement said. "[We have] also told [the] FBI that [we] will share with FBI evidence obtained so far in accordance with the legal framework of both countries," the police said. Both agencies are committed fully to ensuring that the investigation is thorough. The Todds reacted warily to the police statement, saying that it did not advance the investigation. "Basically, they're trying to make themselves look good," said Mrs Todd, from the family's home in Montana. It is not clear from the police statement what information the Singaporean police are willing to share with the FBI, nor what information the police expect from the FBI. The Todds have been seeking access to the computers that the police took from their son's apartment when they found his body, which the police have refused to give them. If the police are now saying they will share a copy of the computers with the FBI, "and we hear this from the FBI," the Todds said they would then be willing to have the FBI share its findings from a back-up external hard drive with the Singaporeans. The Todds found the drive in their son's apartment, after the police had been there, and an examination by a forensic expert in California found that it had been accessed three days after Shane died. In a related matter, an FBI official and an officer with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement met the Singaporean police in Singapore last week, an embassy officer advised the Todds in an email. It was the first indication that the customs agency, which investigates possible violations of export control laws, had entered the investigation. Files found on Todd's back-up hard drive showed that IME and Huawei, the telecommunications giant that has denied alleged links to the Chinese government, had discussions about a joint project involving gallium nitride. Both IME and Huawei have denied that this led to any collaboration. A coroner's inquiry will be held in Singapore into Todd's death, but no date has yet been set. However, the police said that "all available evidence relevant to the cause of, and circumstances connected with the death of Shane Todd" would be made available at the inquiry. At the coroner's inquiry the Todd family may pose relevant questions, through a counsel or by themselves, to the witnesses about the investigation findings, and the forensic and medical reports. At this fact-finding inquiry, the state coroner will review the evidence adduced and determine, independently, the cause of and circumstances connected with the death of Shane Todd," the statement said. The Singapore police force said it was "committed to ensuring that all information is comprehensively examined and scrutinised during the course of the investigation." [We] will continue to work with the FBI to engage the Todd family to get their co-operation and assistance with the ongoing investigation.