Based on the postings on that site the photo is from, people seem to be concluding it can’t be the same dude.
The chin, also, is too different - the guy on the right has a wider and more prominent chin, and not caused just by smiling
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Max2046 says:
It’s NOT the VTech killer. This guy is a computer major, and, according to the blog, dated Jul 5, 2006: “...sedang belajar bahasa Indonesia selama 2 bulan di WH. Setelah itu dia akan pergi ke Palembang untuk mengajar komputer di STM selama 2 tahun.”
Roughly translated: “currently studying the Indonesian language for 2 months at WH. After this he will go to Palembang to teach computer at STM for 2 years.”
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thalassamikra says:
It is very, very clear from both posts by Elda that this Seung Hoo (Seung Hoo mind you, not Seung Hui, which is the name of the VT killer) is from Korea, not from the US.
He only speaks Korean fluently, and speaks a little Bahasa Indonesia. He cannot speak English fluently. He came to Indonesia directly from South Korea, not via the US.
Hopefully people can move on now and stop harassing Elda just because her friend chose to call himself Ismail (the other Korean students chose other Indonesian names like Jian and Indra)
I worked with a guy from Taiwan and his American nickname was nothing like his Taiwanese name. He said when they began learning English in grade school (in Taiwan) the teacher gave them American names to use just going down the row (Allen, Bob, Betty, Jane, Chuck, etc.). His stuck!