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Danny Mok

Swedish transport executive Anders Lindström was yesterday fined HK$5,000 in Tsuen Wan Court after being convicted of stealing an expensive designer credit card holder at Chek Lap Kok airport.
The 60-year-old chief executive of Stockholm Public Transport has already been suspended from his job, which he has held since 2012, according to spokeswoman Lovisa Abom.
He has also been suspended from his post as a director of Stockholm County Council's transportation administration.
Lindström was charged by police on May 6 with one count of theft, after being arrested at the airport earlier the day.
He had stolen the credit card holder worth HK$2,400 from the Salvatore Ferragamo outlet on level six of Terminal One, according to prosecutors. Lindström pleaded guilty in court.
Abom said Lindström had been in Hong Kong to meet officials from the MTR Corporation, which operates Stockholm metro, before the theft occurred.
The disgraced executive told Swedish Radio he was "sad and disappointed" over the incident. He added: "I am accepting the consequences and paying my fines. It's not like I am urging people to steal."
Lindström enjoyed a successful military career. He became an officer in Swedish army in 1976 and was promoted to lieutenant general in December 2007 before returning to civilian life and rising to the top in public transport.
Before yesterday's sentence, he told Swedish media that he had gone into an airport store to buy a present for his wife.
He saw a wallet on the way out, which he put in his pocket and forgot to pay for.
Comparisons between Lindström's shoplifting and commuters on the Stockholm metro system travelling for free by cheating the barriers have been rife on social media.
Stockholm Public Transport has taken a hard line against free-riding, or what Swedes refer to as planka.


Swedish transport executive Anders Lindström convicted of stealing designer credit card holder

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Swedish transport executive Anders Lindström was yesterday fined HK$5,000 in Tsuen Wan Court after being convicted of stealing an expensive designer credit card holder at Chek Lap Kok airport.
