The conclusion?

Finally, today, 16 months after his death, I receive the police investigation report and Coroner's Certificate for KK's death in my inbox.

Apart from a few small things, this would be the last chapter in the book of things I have to settle.

The findings do not tell me anything. I have bolded the main conclusion. Extracts from it:

Further investigations revealed that around 11.00 a.m. on 21 October 2021, Mr Loh had texted his friend inviting him to go for a kite surfing session together. 

Later that afternoon, at about 1.30 p.m., they met up at the west side of Bedok jetty beach front and prepared their equipment. They had set off separately, with Mr Loh's friend starting his kite surf first, followed shortly after by Mr Loh on his hydrofoil board. That was the last time the friend saw Mr Loh. 

As they were surfing separately, the friend had assumed that Mr Loh decided to surf far down west and did not take further notice of him. At the material time, there were also other fellow kite surfers at sea in the vicinity off East Coast Park. 

At around 2 p.m., a fellow kite surfer ("the witness") stated that he saw Mr Loh at sea in the vicinity off Carpark D1 of East Coast Park. He noted that at the time, the wind was coming from a south-west direction. It was also noted by other witnesses at sea that the wind and current were quite strong at the time, with wind speeds of about 10 knots to 12 knots gusting up to more than 15 knots. 

About 40 minutes later, it was observed that the wind was being unpredictable and had suddenly dropped to as low as 0 to 2 knots. It was then that the witness and the other kite surfers in the vicinity decided to head back to shore. Upon arriving back at shore, they realised that Mr Loh was unaccounted for.

The witness then noticed that Mr Loh's kite was drifting far in the distance, at about 1 kilometre away from shore. In that instant, they saw MPA 1 approaching Mr Loh's kite, followed by PCG resources. 

Subsequent investigations revealed that when Mr Loh was found, the kite lines were intact and observed not to be entangled to any part of his body. 

The kite's safety features consisted of two control lines and two power lines that are engaged in two stages. The first stage of safety release is to de-power the kite, dropping it down to the surface of the water leaving only one line attaching the safety harness to the kite. The second stage of safety release is to disconnect the kite from the safety harness completely by releasing the leash attached to it. 

It was observed during the retrieval of Mr Loh's body that he still had on his life jacket and helmet and that one of the kite lines was still attached to the safety harness. According to Mr Loh's wife, he was known to be a proficient swimmer. 

However, it was likely that whilst Mr Loh was surfing in deeper waters, the sudden drop in wind speeds caused his kite to descend to the surface of the sea, dragging him down momentarily into the waters. Based on the evidence uncovered, there is no basis to suspect foul play. Mr Loh's death is an unfortunate misadventure.