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'The Romanian diplomat in Singapore? Yes, yes, I know about this, it was on the news,' said the taxi driver as he wove through one of the Romanian capital's legendary traffic jams. 'He was driving the car, and maybe drinking, and then he ran away, yes?'

During a visit to get a sense of what ordinary Romanians made of the story that has Singapore buzzing, all 15 people asked about the notorious traffic accident were aware of it.

The cabby, Mr Cristian Chiran, did not know Dr Silviu Ionescu by name. The former charge d'affaires does not have quite the same notoriety here.

But the 21 million citizens of this south-eastern European nation are voracious consumers of news. There are more than 70 daily newspapers, six public television stations and dozens of radio stations. Many have reported at least the story's basics.

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