A Singapore Airlines business class passenger has been sentenced to three weeks in jail for flashing a flight attendant. The man, who had consumed two glasses of champagne prior to the incident, fails to live up to his name: Brilliant Angjaya.
On January 23rd, 23-year old Angjaya exposed himself on a flight from China to Singapore. He tossed back a couple of glasses of champagne with his meal, fell asleep, and then got up to visit the lav. That’s when he decided to whip out his… phone. Back at his seat, he turned on the video function and pulled out something else to see a crewmember’s reaction.
He unzipped his trousers, and concealed himself at first under a blanket. When a female flight attendant approached with his pre-arrival meal, Angjaya removed the blanket, exposing himself fully to her. She quickly turned her gaze away, placed the meal on the tray, and left the seat. But she noticed the phone’s camera positioned towards her, and she decided to report the incident.
When confronted by the inflight supervisor, Angjaya initially denied filming the incident but later admitted it and surrendered his phone, which contained the video evidence. The flight’s captain notified authorities and he was arrested on arrival in Singapore.
Charged with sexual exposure, the man pled guilty on March 24. Prosecutors initially sought a sentence of four to six weeks, arguing that his intoxication, that the act occurred onboard an aircraft and targeted a public transport worker, and that Angaya initially denied it made the act worse.
In his defense, Angjaya claimed to have been emotionally distressed from leaving China permanently after a five-month study program, said he drank to sleep not to get drunk, and that he apologized to crew admitting the stupidity of his actions.
In sentencing Angjaya to three weeks in jail, the court disagreeed with the defense characterization of the incident as merely a “highly inappropriate prank.” Beyond the jail term, he’s banned from Singpaore Airlines from life and publicity around the case makes the Indonesian man somewhat persona non grata status within Singapore.
Ultimately three weeks seems about right?
(HT: Live and Let’s Fly)
It must have been a small news day If it had been bigger he would have got more time.
FAFO.
I assume he was ugly. If you’re good looking, it’s not that hard to pull flight attendants on Singapore or Cathay.
Brilliant! lol
He got off lucky. Singapore could easily have given him a lot more time and also caned him for it. I was there last year and numerous signs stated 5 years for shoplifting so this actually seems like a very light punishment given their typical sentences.
BTW I like their sentencing. If we were tougher on offenders in the US it would be safer here (like it is in Singapore)
I was expecting a minimal thought kind of comment, and Hal didn’t disappoint.
AC, you got that right! I agree..US could easily be tougher on crime.
Jealous people like to slam Singapore but this man was NOT caned, just 2 weeks in prison in a single room, so less chance of prison r4pe, unlike in America.
In Singapore, about 2 years ago, a policeman was forced to fire his gun, the first time a police officer fired a gun in the line of duty (not counting training in a firing range) in nearly a decade.
Recently, a politician was jailed for accepting gifts, unlike in America. Singapore scores high in the lack of corruption rankings, far better than America. Singapore Airlines also whips American Airlines as a premium carrier.
Heck yeah! I’m with AC on this one! Let’s start caning people for spitting in the streets. That’ll make them street safer, boy!
Wait. No, sorry. I forgot… when I was in Singapore, the reality was that the streets were safer because they don’t don’t allow fools to carry guns.
Nothing to do with corporal punishment.
@Bill – Singapore does have very strict gun laws but also strict enforcement on all laws (mandatory death penalty for drug dealing for example) and that, plus cameras everywhere and encouraging people to turn in those who break the law, keeps crime very low. It isn’t only because of gun laws. Many places have strict limits on guns but are not nearly as safe as Singapore. Yes it can be called a police state by some but, as an American, I would gladly trade my “freedoms” for a model like Singapore if it meant no crime. There is a saying that you can walk in the most dangerous part of Singapore at 2 AM and be perfectly safe. That is something all should aspire to. BTW, I wish the US would make major changes to gun laws (and I’m a conservative) but doubt that will ever happen.
@derek – I wasn’t slamming Singapore when I said he got off lucky and could have been locked up much longer or caned. I frankly admire their criminal justice system and wish we were tougher on crime (even first offenders) to get the message out and maybe others would think twice.
It’s our anything for attention world even when said action is really, really stupid. Particularly with Singapore, a country that doesn’t mess around.
I know very little of the laws and procedures of Singapore. Here’s my uneducated impression.
Perhaps, a formal written apology to the flight attendent and the airline should precede court’s determination of sentence.
3 weeks in jail, plus public humiliation from publicity seems likely to preclude a repeat performance.
I expect that a ten-year ban would be just as effective as the lifetime ban.
In the states he could run for and win and be a crappy president
Technically the alleged crime was committed after leaving China but before arrival in Singapore. China law would have to be followed as it is the departure location and the plane had not entered Singapore
The plane could have diverted to multiple airports between the two locations thus why the departure location would governing law.
Can not pick and choose which country you want to follow
Chase = probably ugly or fat or both.
I rarely completely agree with 1990, but he nailed it. Excellent travel advice for latent exhibitionists (in the psychiatric context)