Thief gets eight months’ jail for stealing cash from multiple passengers on Singapore's Scoot flight

While en route to Singapore on a Scoot flight, Chinese national Zhang Xiuqiang was seen taking money from another passenger’s bag. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: BT FILE via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: A man on a Scoot flight who brazenly took another passenger’s bag from an overhead compartment, carried it back to his seat and took money from the bag, was sentenced to eight months’ jail.

Chinese national Zhang Xiuqiang, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of theft on Jan 12. Two similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.