[Kabar-indonesia] Australian fined for joking about a bomb while on a Singapore airline

[Joyo at aol.com]

Associated Press
November 15, 2006

Australian fined for joking about a bomb while on a
Singapore airline

An Australian man who joked about a bomb on board a
Singapore airline was fined $6,420 under international anti-
terrorism regulations, a newspaper reported yesterday.

     Riccardo Paulin, 65, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges
of raising a false alarm about a terrorist act, The Straits
Times reported.      Paulin was looking for space for his
hand luggage aboard SilkAir - a subsidiary of Singapore
Airlines Ltd. - on a flight to Indonesia Saturday when, the
newspaper reported, he asked a flight attendant, “Where do
you keep the bomb?”

     The pilot was informed and Paulin was removed from the
plane. 

     Paulin told the court that his remark was meant as a joke, 
the newspaper said. He faced a maximum fine of $100,000 and up to five years in jail.

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