An airline passenger has been accused of stealing $23,000 in cash from a fellow traveler’s carry-on luggage during a short flight from Vietnam to Singapore.
Zhang Xiuqiang, a 52-year-old Chinese national, was arrested at Changi Airport on Saturday and charged with three counts of theft for allegedly searching the bags of three passengers.
The suspect and victim were traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore on a flight operated by Scoot Airline, a low-budget subsidiary of Singapore Airlines.
During the two-hour flight, Zhang grabbed about $123 from a passenger’s backpack and helped himself to nearly $21,000 he found in another traveler’s black messenger bag, according to charging documents reported by Singapore’s Channel News Asia.
Zhang is also accused of stealing $1,700 from an envelope he found in a gray bag belonging to a third passenger.
Zhang Xiuqiang, 52, has been charged with stealing $23,000 from three fellow passengers on a Scoot Airline flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Singapore. Reuters
One of the passengers on the plane eventually told a flight attendant about the suspected theft, and the crew alerted police at the airport, an airline spokeswoman told CNN.
When the flight landed, Zhang and the alleged victim were all escorted off the plane by airport authorities.
Zhang was formally charged with theft in a Singapore district court on Monday.
If convicted, he could be jailed for up to nine years, fined, or both.
The Post contacted Scoot Airline Wednesday for comment and is awaiting a reply.
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