American set to receive stern warning for making bomb threat on SIA flight

The 37-year-old man who claimed there was a bomb on board an Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight is set to receive a stern warning for using threatening words. American La Andy Hien Duc, 37, is expected to plead guilty on Nov 4 to a charge of slapping a man while travelling on board SIA flight SQ33 from San Francisco to Singapore. On Thursday, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Lim Ying Min said that the prosecution intends to issue a stern warning to Hien Duc after reviewing a report from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). Hien Duc’s lawyer Johannes Hadi, from Eugene Thuraisingam law firm, said his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. In her written submissions, DPP Lim said the IMH psychiatrist had assessed that Hien Duc posed a danger to the public. She added: “The stressors of being in a foreign country, including the fact that he has no fixed place to stay and no one to monitor his compliance with his medications, are risk factors for relapse.”<br/>