A 57-year-old British man will be charged in court on 17 March 2025 for allegedly using abusive words against an airline staff and mischief causing destruction to property at Changi Airport Terminal 3.
On 8 March 2025, the Police were alerted to an incident of a man shouting and being rude to a female airline staff and damaging a wall in a gate hold room.
Investigations revealed that upon boarding the aircraft for his flight from Singapore to London, the man realised that he had misplaced his mobile phone. He then left the aircraft, hoping to search for it at the airport lounge where he was at earlier. When he approached a female airline staff at the gate hold room, she assisted to check with the airport lounge staff and informed him that no mobile phone was found there. As it was close to the scheduled departure time of the flight, the female airline staff informed the man that leaving the gate hold room would result in him being offloaded from the flight. He then allegedly responded with a slew of abusive and derogatory words, and as he walked away towards the aircraft, he kicked and damaged a wall panel of the aerobridge. The man was eventually offloaded from his flight, and the officers from the Airport Police Division were called in.
The man will be charged with the following offences:
- Using abusive words against a person under Section 3(2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 2014, which carries a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both; and
- Committing mischief causing destruction to property under Section 426 of the Penal Code 1871, which carries an imprisonment term which may extend to two years, or a fine, or both.
Assistant Commissioner of Police M. Malathi, Commander of Airport Police Division, said, “Any form of harassment or abusive behaviour toward airport and airline staff is not tolerated as it disrupts airport operations and jeopardizes the safety of the staff and their ability to perform their duties effectively. The Police take a serious view of such acts and will not hesitate to take action against those who do so.”
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
16 March 2025 @ 9:45 AM