When flying to Singapore, watch your language or you could face more than a stern scolding.
A 47-year-old Australian man learned this lesson recently when he got into an altercation with another passenger on a Tiger Airways flight from Perth to Singapore.
In the heat of the feud, the man, identified in news reports as maritime industry worker Bruce Griffiths, unleashed a few obscenities and was met by Singapore police at the airport.
Even though Griffiths was still in the air, his foul language violated Singapore鈥檚 strict 鈥渙utrage of modesty鈥� laws, punishable by a jail term of up to two years, a fine or 24 lashes with a rattan cane.
Singapore officials reportedly confiscated Griffiths鈥� passport but say he won鈥檛 face the cane. The airline鈥檚 comment: 鈥淭iger Airways has a zero-tolerance policy toward inappropriate behaviour on board our aircraft.鈥�
鈥� Los Angeles Times
