A British man has been slapped with multiple charges after turning up drunk at a boarding gate in Changi Airport and allegedly hurling vulgarities at staff.
He also allegedly caused hurt to a staff member by his aggressive actions, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a news release on Tuesday (11 Aug).
The 25-year-old British national was identified by court documents as Arudchelvan Karnan, reported The Straits Times (ST).
At 3.45pm on 20 July, he appeared drunk at Gate C17 of Changi Airport Terminal 1, for a Scoot flight to Kuala Lumpur.
He also talked and shouted loudly, causing annoyance to other passengers, SPF said.
At 3.50pm, Arudchelvan reacted angrily after being approached by two airline staff.
He allegedly used vulgarities on one of them, a woman, and accused her of being racist.
The airline thus decided to offload him from the flight for being intoxicated.
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Arudchelvan was informed that he was to be offloaded from the flight, which caused him to behave aggressively.
He allegedly charged onto the aerobridge to try to board the plane, pushing past airline staff.
This caused the female staff member who tried to stop him to fall to the floor and suffer injuries to her left arm and wrist.
His actions were tantamount to entering a protected area of the airport without authorisation, said SPF, which received a call regarding a passenger causing a nuisance at 4.05pm.
Arudchelvan continued behaving aggressively after that, uttering vulgarities at airport security staff who tried to calm him down.
Some of the vulgarities mentioned Singapore and Malaysia, according to ST.
The incident resulted in the flight departing 45 minutes late.
On Wednesday (12 Aug), Arudchelvan received five charges, including:
He asked for a lawyer, and is now out on bail of S$1,000.
His passport has been impounded, with his case set to be heard again on 19 Aug.
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