Friday, April 15, 2011


A Malaysian Melbourne University honours graduate was fined A$1,500 (RM4,770) for disorderly behaviour on board a Malaysia Airlines flight from Malaysia on July 22 last year, The Age newspaper reported.

Khairulddin Mohammad Yahya, 22, had sworn loudly at the in-flight supervisor and poked him in the chest before the captain left the cockpit to deal with him, the newspaper said.

Prosecutor Aman Dhillon told the Magistrates Court here that Khairulddin left his economy seat several times and sat next to his mother in the business class after her requests for an upgrade of his seat were refused.

Hours before the plane landed, Khairulddin again sat in business class where he later shouted abuse at the supervisor.



Defence lawyer Anna Balmer said Khairulddin, a chemical engineer, had wanted to sit with his mother who had medical conditions and that he had acted uncharacteristically with poor judgment and behaviour.

The report said Khairulddin had to be handcuffed in his seat and then was restrained with his ankles tied with tape.

He had pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour on an aircraft, the report said


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