For an unusual robbery, a man in Asia is facing charges that could land him in prison for about three years. The suspect is accused of stealing more than $20.00 while on the run. Yes, on a plane.
The situation leaves some concerned and others speechless. To commit the crime without anyone noticing, he had “silk hands.”
It appeared on a flight on Saturday, December 16, 2023, Noticias Telemundo reported four days later.
The plane took off from Ho Chi Minh City and was headed to Changi Airport, Channel News Asia reported.
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Robbery of passengers on an airplane
The person identified as the perpetrator of the crime is a 52-year-old man from China.
Public Telemundo that Zhang Xiuqiang “traveled from Vietnam to Singapore on a Scoot flight on December 16.”
It is the authorities who claim “that he took money from three passengers.”
According to the indictment, Zhang robbed three people on Dec. 16 between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. while aboard Scoot flight TR305.
Channel News Asia
They stated that “he took 3 million Vietnamese dong ($123) from a passenger’s backpack, a 50 Singapore dollar ($38) bill from a black bag, 510 million dong ($20,950) from another traveler and a total of “700 dollars from someone else’s backpack. envelope.”
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What’s coming
When the crew realized the situation, they contacted airport police.
They identified the people robbed as Tan Chin Kwang, Park Sanggu and Lim Janus.
Xiuqiang was exposed, ‘arrested and placed in preventive detention’. He was scheduled to appear in court on Friday, December 22, 2023.
From Scoot they repeat to their passengers “take care of your belongings.”
Our operational crew is trained to be vigilant and alert authorities to suspicious behavior on board our flights.
Scoot airline quoted on Telemundo
For what was done on the Scoot flight, “Singapore Airlines’ budget airline,” if the Chinese citizen is found guilty, “he could face up to three years in prison and a fine.” (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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