Incident of crazy Sri Lankan passenger on flight becomes leading international news story -- remanded till August 24th

Incident of crazy Sri Lankan passenger on flight becomes leading international news story -- remanded till August 24th

The baloney created by a Sri Lankan passenger on board flight MH 128 which was flying from Australia to Malaysia last night has become the leading news item in all leading media network around the world by now and as a result it has tarnished the image of Sri Lanka as well as a majority of the Sri Lankan community living in

Australia.

As reported, the person responsible for this act is a Sri Lankan by the name of Manod M. Marcs who lives in Dandenong in Australia on a student visa. The police has revealed that he was of the age of 25 years. Though it was initially assumed that he had acted this way under liquor the police have been able to confirm that he actually is suffering from a mental derangement. It was only the day before the said incident that he had taken treatment for the last time from Monash Medical Centre. He had purchased flight tickets to arrive in Colombo via Malaysia from Australia.

According to a survey conducted by Herald Sun newspaper it says that his Facebook Account says that his birthplace is Colombo and that he shares Buddhist ideas. It has been mentioned there that he is identified as a fan of Rap singer Tupac Shakur. According to reports released this afternoon (1) he has been produced before Victoria's Magistrate Court and remanded till 4th August. Attorneys-at-Law who appeared on his behalf have not requested for bail on his behalf and had forwarded only a report about his mental condition.

After about 30 minutes the flight had taken off he had shown an equipment with a battery inserted in it to the passengers and had shouted out saying "I've got a bomb and I'm going to f***ing blow the plane up!" and thus scared the passengers and had also threatened saying that he wants to go inside the cockpit. At that moment the staff on board had brought him under control in which instance he had collapsed on the floor. After the flight was diverted the security unit managed to take him into their custody without any difficulty. It was revealed that the bomb-scare was simply his psychosis. Reports have been released that under the Australian Federal Law he could be jailed for 10 years under charges of inconveniencing passengers, indeterminate scare and influencing cancellation of the flight.

An Australian football star and his fiancee had been on board this flight and since their evidence too was published with the news release, this incident became even more publicised. The incident concerned hit the headlines in all leading media around the world this morning, June 1st and most of them had interpreted the incident as 'A psychotic act by a Sri Lankan'.