Tuesday 24 June 2008

of father clears singapore customs using son's passport

Father clears airport security with son's passport: Slack in airport security. Mr Ang Heng Soon uses his son's passport and was able to clear past the Certis Cisco officers at the entrance to the restricted area; and after which the Checkpoints Authority officer cleared him to board the plane.

Can Mas Selemat leave Singapore the same way? :)
In a rush to catch a flight at Singapore Changi Airport's Budget Terminal, 61-year-old retiree Ang Heng Soon, left his house with the wrong passport. Instead, he took his 39-year-old son's passport, The Straits Times reported today. Despite having the wrong passport, Mr Ang was able to check in at the Tiger Airways counter in order to board his flight to Ho Chi Minh City for his six-day holiday. He, then, managed to clear past Certis Cisco officers at the entrance to the restricted area. However, he did face some problems at the immigration checkpoint. The Automated Clearance System failed to pick up his fingerprint scan and so the Checkpoints Authority told him to go through the manual clearance instead. Despite this diversion, an officer cleared him to leave Singapore and he boarded his flight. Mr Ang told The Straits Times he only realised his mistake during the flight. Once he arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, he informed immigration authorities there and they sent him back immediately on the same plane back to Singapore.

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