Bomb threat: different punishment for different people

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Sinkie. Fined $4,500

Man fined $4,500 for bomb hoax on Scoot flight to Hat Yai​

Scoot planes seen on the tarmac of Singapore's Changi Airport, on Aug 14, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fabian Koh

OCT 3, 2018

SINGAPORE - Unhappy at being told that he had to check in his carry-on bag, a 41-year-old man on board a Scoot flight joked that he had a bomb in the bag.
This led to the Hat Yai-bound plane being turned back to Singapore, and fighter jets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) being scrambled to escort it back.
On Tuesday (Oct 2), Hsu Chun Meng was fined $4,500 for breaching the Protection from Harassment Act by using threatening words to cause alarm.
The court heard that Hsu boarded flight TR634 from Singapore to Hat Yai, Thailand, with two friends at about 12.55pm on April 5 this year.
He tried to put his hand-carry luggage in the overhead compartment but it could not fit.
Stewardess Boo Joe We, 23, told him that he had to check it in. He tried to shut the compartment a few more times before relenting.
When Ms Boo asked him if he had any prohibited items in the bag, Hsu, unhappy with her attitude and the way she spoke to him, replied: "Nothing, only bomb."


The stewardess stared at him.
He then said: "No bomb lah. Joking. How can it be?"


Ms Boo was initially alarmed by what he said, but accepted his explanation and went about the rest of her duties.

When the plane was about to take off at 1.53pm, Ms Boo told her cabin crew leader, Ms Ginny Chiong Wen Chin, 26, about the incident with Hsu.
Ms Chiong decided to inform the captain of the plane, but as the plane was about to take off, she could not enter the cockpit.
When the plane was airborne, Ms Chiong entered the cockpit and informed the pilot of what Hsu had said earlier.
After ascertaining the facts, the pilot followed established protocol and reported "Mayday" to the Malaysian air traffic control. He also informed the Singapore air traffic control that he was heading back to Singapore, which was the nearest airport.
As the plane carrying 179 people entered Singapore airspace at about 2.20pm, RSAF fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane. The plane landed at a remote area away from the main Changi Airport terminals.
When the police arrived, all the passengers had to disembark while officers conducted a security sweep of the aircraft. Hsu and his friends' luggage bags were located and separately removed for security checks.
In all, the flight was delayed for four hours and 48 minutes.
The entire cabin crew and pilots were replaced with a fresh crew, and affected passengers were given vouchers totalling $13,757.60.
In sentencing, District Judge Adam Nakhoda said Hsu's behaviour cannot be tolerated, and there was a need to deter like-minded individuals from doing the same.
On Sept 8 this year, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from Mumbai to Singapore was delayed at the airport in India for over eight hours, due to a bomb threat.
Another SIA flight bound for Singapore from Taiwan, was delayed by a bomb hoax on Feb 2 this year, arriving some 15 minutes later than originally planned.
A Singaporean man was also arrested by the police on Christmas Eve last year, after claiming he had a bomb in his car at Woodlands Checkpoint.

 

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Indians from India. No further news reported. No punishment.

SQ mid-air bomb hoax: Mumbai-Singapore flight escorted safely to Changi, woman and child questioned​

A Singapore Airlines plane at Changi Airport. SQ Flight 423 was escorted safely back to Changi Airport by Singapore's air force and touched down at about 8am. PHOTO: ST FILE

Karamjit Kaur
News Editor


MAR 26, 2019

SINGAPORE - A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from Mumbai landed safely at Changi Airport on Tuesday (March 26) morning, after the pilot raised a bomb threat alert.
A search of the aircraft found no suspicious item, said the police.
The Straits Times understands that SQ Flight 423 was escorted safely back to Changi Airport by Singapore's air force and touched down at about 8am.
All passengers, except for a woman and a child, disembarked safely and had to undergo security screening before they could leave.
The woman and the child were held back for questioning by the police, who are investigating the incident.
Preliminary checks showed that the airline had received a call after the plane left Mumbai's airport on Monday at about 11.35pm local time. The caller claimed that there was a bomb on the plane.
An SIA spokesman told ST: "Singapore Airlines confirms there was a bomb threat concerning SQ423 operating from Mumbai to Singapore... We are assisting the authorities with their investigations and regret that we are unable to provide further details."


The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft had 263 passengers on board. ST understands that more than 20 people missed their connecting flights.
The police were alerted about the threat at about 5.48 am, a spokesman said.
After the plane landed at Changi Airport, a search was conducted and no suspicious items were found, he said.
"The police treat all security threats seriously and will not hesitate to take action against anyone who causes public alarm."

The last such incident involving a Singapore carrier occurred in April 2018 on a Hat Yai-bound Scoot flight.
A passenger, who was unhappy about being told that he had to check in his carry-on bag, joked that he had a bomb in the bag.
The plane made a U-turn, with fighter jets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force scrambled to escort it back.
In October the same year, the passenger, Hsu Chun Meng, was fined $4,500 for breaching the Protection from Harassment Act by using threatening words to cause alarm.

 

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American. Bomb threat charge withdrawn

Man gets 4 weeks’ jail for assaulting SIA cabin crew member; bomb threat charge withdrawn​

La Andy Hien Duc, an American who slapped an air steward while on a flight from San Francisco to Singapore, is expected to be deported on Saturday. PHOTOS: VERATHEAPE/TWITTER

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

NOV 4, 2022


SINGAPORE - An American man who had falsely claimed there was a bomb on board a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Friday after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge for slapping an air steward.
Grocery packer La Andy Hien Duc, 37, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia after his arrest, was also given a stern warning over the bomb threat he made on board SQ33 from San Francisco to Singapore in September.
A harassment charge linked to this offence was withdrawn, and Hien Duc was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal.
This means he cannot be charged again with the same offence.
As the sentence will be backdated, Hien Duc, who has spent more than a month in remand, is expected to be deported on Saturday.
He was one of 208 passengers on board SQ33, which was scheduled to leave San Francisco at 10.05pm on Sept 26 (1.05pm Singapore time on Sept 27). The flight was scheduled to arrive in Singapore at around 5am on Sept 28.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Ying Min said Hien Duc had knowingly consumed a chocolate bar infused with cannabis before boarding the plane at San Francisco International Airport. Court documents did not state if the drug affected his condition during the flight.

He was travelling alone and had intended to transit in Singapore before taking another flight to Phuket, Thailand.
DPP Lim said that en route to Singapore, Hien Duc heard a voice in his head telling him that there was a bomb on the plane.
The voice also told him to shout and alert the others on the plane.


The DPP said: “The accused thus shouted ‘There is a bomb on the plane’ at least twice, which was heard by the nearby passengers.
“He claimed he then saw a white light in one of the overhead compartments and heard the voice in his head telling him that the bomb was in a bag in that overhead compartment.”

Flight data from tracking site Flightradar24 showed the plane made three loops over the South China Sea, before continuing on to Singapore. PHOTO: FLIGHTRADAR24
Hien Duc got out of his seat and opened an overhead compartment about four rows ahead, taking out a bag belonging to a 31-year-old Malaysian man.
Another passenger, a 36-year-old American man, heard the commotion and alerted the cabin crew. An air steward came forward and asked Hien Duc to clarify his claims about the bomb.
The prosecutor told the court: “The accused replied that he had a vision of a bomb inside a bag and pointed to the bag he took.”
Referring to the air steward, the prosecutor said: “The victim checked the said bag and found mostly food. After ascertaining that there was no bomb in the bag, the victim returned the bag to (the Malaysian man).”
Hien Duc then told the steward to check all the bags inside the aircraft. The steward assured him that he would handle the matter and told him to return to his seat.

Instead of doing so, Hien Duc dashed towards another overhead compartment to take out another bag.
The steward and one of his colleagues then escorted him to the galley at the rear of the plane, where the pair held his arms and tried to calm him down. Hien Duc then slapped the steward’s left cheek.
DPP Lim said: “Upon seeing the accused turn violent, the victim and (his colleague) quickly held on to the accused to prevent him from hitting anyone else.
“For the safety of the passengers, the crew members restrained the accused using straps and vacated the passenger seats nearest to him. The accused became compliant. He was closely monitored for the rest of the flight.”
Police were alerted to the bomb threat and the plane was escorted to Changi Airport by Republic of Singapore Air Force fighter jets.

Police were alerted to the alleged bomb threat and SQ33 was escorted to Changi Airport by Republic of Singapore Air Force fighter jets. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
SQ33 landed at a remote location at Changi Airport and police escorted Hien Duc out of the plane.
The Airport Police Division and Special Operations Command’s K-9 Unit, as well as the Singapore Armed Forces’ Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defence Group, were mobilised to investigate the matter.
The threat turned out to be false.
There was a delay in disembarkation due to additional security measures. The crew members and passengers were finally allowed to leave the plane at 9.11am, more than four hours after the plane was scheduled to land in Singapore.

Defence lawyer Johannes Hadi said that his client had not been diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was in the United States.
The lawyer added that Hien Duc had thought that he was a holy deity and had wanted to go to Phuket to “do battle with evil forces”.
For voluntarily causing hurt, an offender can be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $5,000.
For using threatening words likely to cause alarm, an offender can be fined up to $5,000.
In a statement on Friday, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said it was found that the American genuinely believed that there was a bomb on the plane, due to his mental disorder.
Its spokesman added: “While he could have taken other actions which would not have resulted in the disturbance, such as quietly alerting the air crew, (the AGC) nevertheless assessed that prosecution was not warranted.
“However, the offence of assaulting the victim was not directly related to his schizophrenia, and he was found, during the psychiatric assessment, to have clearly retained the capacity to know that it was wrong to assault the victim.”

 

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Sinkie. Nine months and six weeks’ jail

Jail for woman who threatened dental clinics with bad reviews after refusing to pay up​

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

Nov 8, 2022


SINGAPORE - A woman who went to two clinics for dental treatments refused to pay the bills for their services totalling more than $8,000.
When they contacted her, Ng Hui Yi threatened to leave negative online reviews about the clinics.
Ng, 27, was on Monday sentenced to nine months and six weeks’ jail after she pleaded guilty to several charges, including two counts each of harassment and cheating. She had received treatments from two different clinics in Orchard Road on Dec 23, 2021.
At around 9am, she went to Orchard Scotts Dental at Liat Towers, where she underwent procedures that included teeth whitening.
The bill came up to around $3,200, and she presented a credit card to a clinic employee.
When it was rejected, Ng claimed that she had brought the wrong card with her and said she would return home to get the correct one.
But she failed to return to the clinic that day and instead went to TP Dental Surgeons at the nearby Ngee Ann City at around 3pm.


This time, she had teeth scaling and cavity filling among the procedures done. The bill came up to $5,103, and she presented a debit card to pay for it.
Again, she claimed to have brought the wrong card when it was rejected and asked to make the payment the following day.
Ng did not settle her bills with both clinics, and when contacted, she threatened to leave negative reviews about them online.

The staff of both facilities alerted the police on Dec 24, 2021.
In an unrelated incident, Ng phoned Illumia Medical at Wheelock Place in Orchard Road on Sept 15, 2021, and asked an employee who answered the call if the company’s director would donate $500 to her.
Ng also asked the customer service officer to pass all messages to the director before hanging up.
She then repeatedly rang the company, but the officer did not pick up the calls.


Ng later visited Illumia Medical, where another staff member advised her to seek financial assistance from a social worker.
The police were alerted after Ng replied: “You’re not scared that I use a bomb to bomb your clinic?”
She walked away and soon after, she harassed the company on more than 23,000 occasions.
Ng used nine different mobile phone numbers to repeatedly call the firm’s landline from Sept 16 to Oct 3, 2021, threatening to defame the business and its director.
She also sent many messages containing threats and vulgar language to Illumia Medical’s number on communication platform WhatsApp.
Separately, Ng stole more than $5,000 worth of cash and valuables, including a gold chain, from a neighbour on April 1, 2022.
She pawned the gold chain for $2,386. The neighbour alerted the police after he found his belongings missing.
For each count of cheating, an offender can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

 

[A Singaporean]

We cannot afford to upset foreigners. But fucking Sinkies is OK.

 

[maxxi]

Bill them for extra fuel and delays

 

[Loofydralb]

No hanging and rotan for white asses, Pinoy and indon maids.

 

[steffychun]

Do they strip search the child?

 

[mudhatter]

a nation of coolies peasants prostitutes rickshaw pullers opium addicts whores harlots cant be expected to do better