Indonesia student arrested for Singapore Airlines bomb threat
MERDEKA reports: 21-year-old Ilham allegedly caused delays to three flights, by emailing the airline to say there was a bomb on board a Singapore Airlines flight.
POSTED: 08 Jul 2015 21:26
UPDATED: 08 Jul 2015 23:37
File photo of a Singapore Airlines plane. (Photo: AFP/Miguel Medina)
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Jakarta police have arrested a student from Tangerang, West Java for allegedly making a bomb threat to Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Chief of Jakarta Police’s economic crime unit Victor Edison Simanjuntak said Ilham had made the threat to Sydney-bound flight SQ221 via an e-mail sent to the airline on Jul 1.
“The threat was: Don’t fly, because inside, the plane there is a bomb. Land immediately in Singapore. Go directly to Singapore',” said Mr Victor.
Ilham is a student from a private IT institution in Jakarta. He is believed to have been acting alone when making the threat, and his actions reportedly caused delays to three flights.
SIA made a report to the police on Jul 1 and Ilham was subsequently arrested. If found guilty, Ilham could face up to 10 years in prison under the Information, and Electronic Transactions law.
An SIA spokesperson told Channel NewsAsia: "As the matter is the subject of an ongoing police investigation, we are unable to provide further details."
- MERDEKA/CNA/hs
