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A Melbourne singer who was Tasered three times by Australian Federal Police on a Jetstar flight has revealed the reason behind the disturbing incident — he refused to sit in his designated seat after a fight with his girlfriend. Bolic Malou, a “Sudan-born, Melbourne-based” singer known as Rockstar Bo La, was boarding a flight home from WA in March when he got into an argument with his partner in the airport terminal and pushed ahead of her in the queue.
The woman asked airline staff if she and their child could change seats to no longer be sitting with the musician and her request was granted.
When Malou, 30, realised his family had changed seats, he moved and sat with them and refused to get back up. Three AFP officers were called in to help move him but attempts to return Malou to his assigned seat quickly descended into a turbulent arrest,
captured on video by a fellow passenger. The distressing footage showed Malou and officers in a physical altercation in the plane aisle, before Malou — who authorities believe was drunk at the time — tried to put one of the officers in a headlock and grab his taser.
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Malou was fined $1500 and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond.
It is understood his partner and child are now living in Sudan