Since January this year 36 have been arrested by the police for misusing their boarding passes
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For misusing their boarding passes at the transit area of Changi Airport on 30/4/2017, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it arrested two female students aged 19 and 16.
Preliminary investigations showed that with no intention to leave Singapore, they had bought their air tickets to meet their idol, a South Korean hip-hop star.
It an offence under the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act, who misuse their boarding pass to enter into the transit areas, with no intention to proceed to their next destinations, police said. If convicted, they face a fine of S$1,000, a jail term of two years, or both.