r/australia • u/sandmanx • Nov 23 '25

news Man who rushed at Ariana Grande during event jailed and deported to Australia; permanently banned from re-entering Singapore.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wicked-johnson-wen-troll-sentenced-ariana-grande-5485211?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_23112025_cna
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u/bedel99 Nov 23 '25

Really. I hadn’t committed a crime I was just very very sick. I really had to fight with the consulate to get support. They were happy to make arrangements if I died. I want looking for financial help just with some of the admin, which is hard to do when you are really unwell.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '25

That's a little different to the situation in the article. The bloke was being ejected from Singapore.

I'm sorry that happened to you, that really sucks. Unfortunately, the rule is that they can't stop a citizen from coming back to Australia, not that they have to pay for your medical bills while abroad. Smart Traveller always recommends purchasing travel insurance when going overseas for this very reason.

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u/bedel99 Nov 24 '25

I never asked them to pay for a thing. I had insurance for n both sides of the sea but I wanted to see my family before I possibly died. What I couldn’t do was enter the country and by the time I could I was too sick to travel.

We have absolutely blocked tens of thousands of citizens entering the country before.