By: Elena Chong

AN INFLIGHT supervisor was fined $2,000 on Monday for stealing liquor and other items from a London-bound Singapore Airlines flight.

Ong Hong Aik, 50, admitted to stealing two bottles of Dom Perignon champagne, a bottle of Hennesy XO liquor, a bottle of red wine, caviar and other miscellaneous items worth a total of $1,116 on board the SQ308 flight on Feb 25.

He was found out by the London Customs officers who had checked on arriving cabin crew that evening.

He told them that the liquor was meant for a friend while the others were for his own consumption.

The London Police issued him a cautionary letter and released him. It informed the Singapore Airlines management about the case.

Ong, who then returned to Singapore the same day, was convicted under the Tokyo Convention.

Ong, whose contract has since been terminated, could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined.