A martial-arts master who forced his way on to a flight at Chek Lap Kok airport was sent to a mental hospital by a magistrate yesterday.
Kim Jingho, 30, an American of Korean origin, pleaded guilty in Tsuen Wan Court to one count of entering a restricted area without a permit.
Magistrate Allan Wyeth ordered him remanded in Siu Lam psychiatric centre for two months.
Kim, a taekwondo trainer in the United States, passed unchallenged through security and boarded a Singapore Airlines flight to San Francisco on July 15.
He entered the boarding hall through a security door and slipped past the immigration counters, the court heard.
Kim took a seat after boarding the flight and refused to leave. A police officer eventually escorted him from the aircraft.
