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AGC Media Release - Man Convicted For Assaulting Air Crew And Administered Stern Warning For Uttering Bomb Threat On Singapore Airlines Flight

On 4 November 2022, La Andy Hien Duc, a 37-year-old male American (“the Accused”), was convicted of one charge of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 of the Penal Code 1871 read with Section 3(1) of the Tokyo Convention Act 1971, for slapping an air crew member (“the Victim”) on board Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 33 (“SQ 33”). For uttering that there was a bomb on the plane, the Accused was administered a stern warning for using threatening words likely to cause alarm under Section 4(1)(a) punishable under Section 4(2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 2014 read with Section 3(1) of the Tokyo Convention Act 1971. Thereafter, the Prosecution applied for a discharge amounting to an acquittal, which was granted by the Court.

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