A British man who used insulting language on airline staff at Changi Airport and maliciously vandalized property will be charged on Monday (March 17).

Singapore Police Force issued a statement on Sunday (16th) saying that on March 8, a man shouted loudly at an airline female employee, and was rude in the waiting room of the boarding gate of the third passenger building of Changi Airport, and damaged a wall.

The investigation shows that the British man only found out that he had lost his cell phone when he was about to fly from Singapore to London after boarding the plane. He immediately got off the plane, hoping to go back to the airport VIP room at standby time to look for it.

When he asked a female airline employee for help in the waiting room, the other party assisted in contacting the VIP room staff and informed the man that his cell phone was not found in the VIP room.

As the flight is about to take off, the female staff told the man that if he leaves the waiting room at this time, he will be disqualified from boarding.

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Subsequently, the man suspected of insulting the female employee and kicked the wall panel at the boarding bridge while returning to the plane, causing damage to the wall panel. In the end, the man was disqualified from boarding and the airport police officers were also present to deal with the situation.

The man will be charged on Monday for violating the Prevention of Harassment Act and malicious damage to property.

Under the Prevention of Harassment Act, if convicted of verbal violence against others, they may be fined up to $5,000 and jail for up to six months, or both. If a malicious destruction of property is convicted, he may be sentenced to jail for up to two years, a fine, or both.

“Police will not tolerate any form of harassment or abuse of airport staff and airline staff, which not only interfere with airport operations, but also threatens the safety of staff and affects their performance of their duties. Police will not hesitate to take enforcement actions for such actions.”