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A crafty thief passenger on a Hong Kong Airlines flight robbed another passenger by swapping his Indonesian Rupiah banknotes for Hong Kong Dollar.
According to the report, a Hong Kong resident passenger named Chow took a flight from Hong Kong to Osaka, Japan accompanied by his girlfriend and her family. He had 100 banknotes of HK$50,000 meant to be exchanged for Japanese currency for the trip.
Inside the plane, the baggage compartment over him was full but he was asked to put it in any other available place by one of the cabin crew which was around four rows after his seat. He wanted to place it under his seat at first but he was advised otherwise.
However, he said he fell asleep during a period and surprisingly on checking his backpack on arrival in Japan, the bill of Hong Kong dollar notes had been exchanged with Indonesian Rupiah except for the three notes at the top.
The report said the man was left with a total of 153 banknotes of 2,000 Indonesia Rupiah which is equivalent to around HK$153.
Aftermath's complaint that the victim lodged to the Hong Kong Airlines authority was taken as a cabin theft and that passengers should immediately notify the crew to call the forces if they find any belongings being stolen so that the officers could board the aircraft to investigate ahead. The airlines do not have the authority to inspect passengers' belongings, it was added.
According to the report, as of November 2023, the Airport District Police received 20 reported cases related to cabin theft.
一名香港乘客在飛機上被竊賊從包裡用港元兌換成印尼盧比而偷走錢
香港航空航班上一名狡猾的小偷乘客將另一名乘客的印尼盾紙幣兌換成港元，實施搶劫。
報道稱，一名名叫周先生的香港居民乘客在女友及其家人的陪同下，從香港搭乘航班飛往日本大阪。 他有100張面額為5萬港元的紙幣，打算兌換成旅行所需的日圓。
在飛機內，他上方的行李艙已滿，但一名機組人員要求他將其放在任何其他可用的地方，該機組人員位於他座位後約四排。
起初他想把它放在座位下面，但有人建議他不要這樣做。
不過，他表示，他有一段時間睡著了，抵達日本後檢查背包時，驚訝地發現，除了最上面的三張紙幣外，港幣紙幣已兌換成印尼盾。
報道稱，男子共留下153張紙幣，面額2,000印尼盾，折合港幣約153元。
Aftermath表示，受害者向香港航空當局投訴，被視為機艙失竊，乘客如發現任何財物被盜，應立即通知機組人員致電警方，以便警方提前登機調查。補充說，航空公司無權檢查乘客的物品。
通報稱，截至2023年11月，機場區警方共收到20起與機艙失竊相關的通報案件。
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