{"id":53794,"date":"2026-05-20T08:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53794"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:18:38","slug":"man-to-be-charged-after-allegedly-stealing-bank-cards-on-flight-from-south-korea-to-spore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53794","title":{"rendered":"Man to be charged after allegedly stealing bank cards on flight from South Korea to S\u2019pore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A<!-- --> <!-- -->59-year-old man<!-- --> is expected to be charged on May 20 after he allegedly stole two bank cards on a flight from South Korea to Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man, a Chinese national, <!-- -->was arrested at Changi Airport Terminal 1 on May 18 during a police operation targeting theft cases on board aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Officers from the Airport Police Division had found that he had in possession two bank cards that did not belong to him, the police said in a statement on May 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Further investigations showed the man had allegedly removed a fellow passenger\u2019s bag from the overhead compartment during the flight and moved to another seat several rows in front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The bag was located behind the passenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man allegedly took the passenger\u2019s wallet out of the bag and removed<!-- --> two bank cards, before placing the <!-- -->wallet back into the bag. He then put the bag back in the overhead compartment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man later disembarked the aircraft with the victim<!-- --> <!-- -->still unaware of the theft, the police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He is expected to be charged on M<!-- -->ay 20 <!-- -->with theft on board an aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">If found guilty, he may be <!-- -->jailed for up to three years, fined, or both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police advised members of the public to keep their cash and valuables on them during flights instead of placing them in the luggage stored in overhead compartments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They should also look out for passengers who are seen opening overhead compartments and retrieving bags or rummaging through them during flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those who spot such suspicious behaviour should alert the cabin crew immediately, the police added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-to-be-charged-after-allegedly-stealing-bank-cards-on-flight-from-south-korea-to-spore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 59-year-old man is expected to be charged on May 20 after he allegedly stole two bank cards on a flight from South&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}