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SINGAPORE - A FORMER Singapore Airlines piIot was fined a total of $4,000 on Monday for making false food delivery orders to his colleague's home.
Looi Kang San, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of giving false messages to the Canadian Pizza and McDonald delivery hotline on Nov 11 last year to order food to be sent to the home of Mr Steven Cameron Gillis, 57.
Mr Gillis made a police report on Nov 10 that he had received nuisance calls and messages on his mobile phone. He suspected Looi to be behind these calls as he had testified against him in a complaint of misconduct with the airline.
On Nov 11, Mr Gillis and his wife were at home when they were informed by the security guard that there was a delivery from Canadian Pizza waiting for them but they said they had not made any such order.
About five minutes later, the couple were again told that there was a delivery from McDonald's restaurant. Mrs Gillis again told the delivery man to leave as they had not ordered anything.
Investigation showed that on both occasions, Looi had called the hotline of the two restaurants to order food to be delivered to Mr Gillis' home in Bayshore Road on his mobile phone.
Two other similar charges were taken into consideration.
Pleading for a fine, Looi's lawyer Irving Choh told District Judge Eddy Tham that his client became upset with Captain Gillis after they had argued over Looi's attire on a flight together.
He said Looi committed the offences on the spur of the moment as he was suffering from acute emotional stress due to family and financial problems.
Looi, who had been flying for more than 20 years, was very remorseful over what he had done.
He was the sole breadwinner of his family, and has a severely autistic younger son, said the lawyer.
The loss of his job last month was a great blow to him and his family, counsel added.
Looi could have been fined up to $10,000 or jailed for up to three years, or both, on each of the charges.
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