Singapore Airlines passenger jailed for in-flight theft targeting business class

A man who took a passenger’s luggage on a Singapore Airlines flight from Dubai to Singapore was jailed for 20 months on Tuesday.

Liu Ming, a 26-year-old Chinese national, pleaded guilty to one charge of theft.

The act was financed by a criminal syndicate and Liu had boarded the flight specifically to steal high-value items from business class passengers, the prosecution said.

His case follows other convictions for on-board theft this year, including one case of an offender who had accomplices on board the Scoot flight where he struck.

Liu was seated in the business class section of flight SQ495, which left Dubai for Singapore in the evening of August 7.

The victim, a 52-year-old Azerbaijani man, was seated five rows in front of Liu, while his wife was seated one row in front of Liu.

  

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