Chinese national jailed for stealing credit card from passenger on Malaysia-Singapore flight

Jiang Yangbo, a Chinese national, was a passenger on board AirAsia flight AK719 departing Kuala Lumpur on May 16 when he removed a fellow passenger’s blue laptop bag from the overhead compartment.

The victim, Jin Chengjie, a 36-year-old Chinese national working in Singapore, was seated one row in front of him.

Placing the bag on his lap, Jiang rummaged through it, took Jin’s Citibank credit card and put it into his right rear pocket, court documents show.

He then returned the laptop bag to the overhead compartment and went to the bathroom, before returning to his seat.