Singapore jails Chinese traveller who tried to bribe her way onto flight to Amsterdam
- Zeng Xiuying repeatedly tried to hand officials at Changi Airport around US$50 in cash to ‘help her’ board a flight without a valid visa
- The 52-year-old admitted to attempted bribery but pleaded for a lighter sentence in court, saying that it was her first time overseas
But they were denied entry to the boarding area after being screened at the departure gate by Suriah Samsi, a KLM agent employed by Sats Security Services, who found that they did not possess valid visas. The airline also decided not to allow the pair to board the flight.
Zeng and Wu were told by a Mandarin speaker, Certis Cisco officer Ronald Michael Jansen, that they would not be permitted to board and had to contact the airline for more details.
But Jansen later noticed that both Zeng and Wu were still near the departure gate, talking to other auxiliary police officers, and decided to approach them again.
When he was near the pair, Zeng put her hand around his shoulder and gave him around US$50, the court heard, asking him to help her speak to the airline to let her board the flight.