An Indonesian man has been sentenced to jail for flashing a “Singapore Girl” on a Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore Changi.
Man Flashes Singapore Girl on SIA Flight, Sentenced To Jail
Brilliant Angjaya, aged 23, was traveling from Mainland China to Singapore (SIN) in business class on January 23, 2025. During the flight, he consumed two glasses of Champagne along with his in-flight meal, and then went to sleep.
When he got up, he went to the lavatory, then returned to his seat with his trousers down and appendage hanging out. He turned on his mobile phone video, summoned the flight attendant, then asked for his pre-arrival meal. The mortified flight attendant first looked the opposite way, then simply set the food down on his tray, turned around, and scurried away.
But she had noticed the camera recording and reported what happened to her supervisor.
The supervisor came over and asked the man if he had been filming. He denied it, but shortly thereafter admitted to what he had done and handed over his phone. Police met the aircraft in Singapore and arrested the man.
Angjaya’s attorney later argued before a Singapore magistrate court that his client was in a “troubled state” and very saddened to leave China after a five-month study program, knowing that he most likely would never see many of the friends he had made for the rest of his life.
While prosecutors had sought six weeks in jail, he was ultimately sentenced to three, with the judge saying that he felt the defendant was remorseful for his actions, but nevertheless, his conduct was “inexplicable” and “inexcusable.” The lead prosecutor lamented:
“Had he been truly remorseful, he would not have lied to the victim’s supervisor when asked if he was recording. He would have come clean from the onset.”
Angya’s also penned an apology note which was read in court, which addressed the Singapore Girl, “You do not deserve the distress and complications I caused you… I hope it gives you at least some comfort knowing that I will face justice for my action.”
CONCLUSION
Whether this was meant as a joke or not, Angjaya was pretty stupid to engage in such a foolish act. Three weeks sounds about right to me, hopefully giving him a wake-up call that actions have consequences. His greater punishment will (should?) be a lifetime ban on Singapore Airlines and persona non grata status in Singapore.
Hat Tip: SINJIM // note: SIA still uses the term “stewardess” for its “Singapore Girl” cabin crew – the name does not carry such negative implications in East Asia.
“stewardess ” ?
I already addressed that.
“SIA still uses the term ‘stewardess’ for its ‘Singapore Girl’ cabin crew”
Please cite a refence to an SQ web page or document that uses that term.
@Matthew, “The mollified flight attendant first looked the opposite way…”
Did you mean “mortified?”
Anyway, the guy definitely didn’t live up to his name… Not so brilliant.
..maybe that was why he only received 3 weeks instead of 6 ( and no caning ! ).. because the ‘stewardess’ was mollified after contemplating what she had seen ! ..lol
Good thing the young lady did not have a scalding cup of tea on her tray. Much longer punishment than three weeks.
Honestly I’m surprised he didn’t get a worse sentence. Singapore not exactly known for lenience in its justice system.
The man does not live up to his name, Brillant!
Who wants to look at his weiner? The FA rightfully wanted to prevent becoming blind!
If he were banned from Singapore, that would be terrible. Singapore is one of the greatest countries on the planet. It is well managed and, despite tons of jealous and negative comments, is a nice place to live. For the record, few people get caned (whipped). It is only for the worst offences and not done to women or elderly men. If you shoplifting, hitting a car and driving away, reckless driving or spitting does not result in caning. It is smuggling large quantities of drugs, rape, kidnapping, etc.
There is no secret police. Voicing opinions is perfectly legal. The airport is fabulous.
It was probably shrivelled and brown. Gross.
Voicing opinions is legal, unless you’re criticising a member of the government, or critiquing religion in a way that might “offend religious sensibilities”, or complaining about a member of the judiciary, or any other speech that fits into the extraordinarily broad definitions of “hate” or “defamation”. You can forget about organising a public demonstration, too – if you decide you can’t be bothered wading through the nightmarishly Kafkaesque bureaucratic labyrinth required to get the official permits & permissions, you can expect your gathering to be dealt with harshly. There’s no meaningful free speech in Singapore. Not even close.
Despite the headline I’m not sure that his class of service is relevant.
Remind me again why we don’t need a shared No-Fly list for airlines.
Good grief, I think the bizarre attempt to mollify the court with a flaccid justification like “I was upset that my five month study program ended” is even more embarrassing than his actions.
There’s an all-important “not” missing from your hat tip footnote, that changes its meaning entirely. It pays to proofread.
You know I’m brilliant at that!
So if he wasn’t recording, it was OK?
I would have caned him.
Brilliant …. wasn’t .
The best response anyone can give when confronted with a male flasher is to loudly say…
‘What’s that, it looks like a penis only smaller’.
LOL. Yes indeed.
Singapore going soft on us. No caning? Come on now.
Now Everyone Can Fly.