SINGAPORE: A tour guide who was on a Scoot flight from Jeju to Singapore was jailed for eight months on Tuesday (Feb 25) after he was caught stealing cash belonging to another passenger.
When spotted by the victim, Zhang Youqi, a Chinese national, lied that he had been searching for his bag.
Zhang, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of theft at the State Courts.
Zhang was on board the same Scoot flight as the victim, a 42-year-old woman, on Feb 4. The flight was scheduled to reach Singapore at about 1.48pm. From there, Zhang would travel to Kuala Lumpur and then to Hong Kong.
The victim, who was with her husband, placed a brown Gucci haversack bag in the overhead compartment near where she was seated. The bag contained a pouch…
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