Pattaya Police yesterday arrested a Thai motorcycle taxi rider after he became a knife-wielding thug after a row with two overseas passengers over fare costs. In keeping with experiences, the taxi driver threatened to kill each foreigners through the altercation.
The incident kicked off on Pattaya Second Road close to Soi 6/1 early yesterday night. Pattaya Police acquired a name a few bike taxi rider waving a knife at overseas vacationers. The person, who was round 50-60 years previous and carrying an orange bike taxi uniform, was captured on digital camera by passersby making an attempt to assault two unidentified overseas males with a knife. A number of people, each Thai and overseas, tried to intervene to cease him.
Following the report, the Pattaya Police rapidly arrested the suspect, recognized as Worapol Naroj, who operates as a motorcycle taxi driver close to the Pattaya Night time Bazaar, reported Pattaya Mail.
In his assertion to the police, Worapol claimed that the passengers tried to decrease his fare to 40 baht per particular person, half of the initially agreed upon fare of 80 baht per particular person. The identification of the overseas passengers is at the moment unknown.
An eyewitness, 31 yr previous Alessandro Somsaen, who was current on the scene, mentioned {that a} battle broke out between the suspect and the foreigners whereas he was celebrating Songkran close to the highway.
Somsaen instructed police how the suspect chased the foreigners round and tried to stab them with a knife, however happily, a number of individuals got here to the foreigners’ rescue and helped to defuse the state of affairs. The suspect then fled the scene and was later apprehended by the police.
The police have confirmed that authorized motion will probably be taken towards the suspect, and his license and skill to function as a motorcycle taxi driver will even be affected.
Taxi riders are by no means removed from the information in Pattaya, whether or not it’s a part of a taxi mafia dispute or one other misdemeanor.
Late last year a motorbike taxi rider in Pattaya was arrested after he allegedly sexually harassed his passenger, a Thai singer named Yanawut “Pearja” Jarearnartiput. The taxi rider denied the allegation claiming he touched the girl in an try to maintain her from falling off his bike.
In January, a bunch of taxi mafias allegedly assaulted two Pattaya Bolt drivers whereas solely final week considerations have been raised about rushing automobiles on Beach Road in Pattaya following an accident involving a motorcyclist.
The incidents function a reminder to all passengers to attempt to resolve disputes peacefully and never resort to violence.
Pattaya Police yesterday arrested a Thai motorcycle taxi rider after he became a knife-wielding thug after a row with two overseas passengers over fare costs. In keeping with experiences, the taxi driver threatened to kill each foreigners through the altercation.
The incident kicked off on Pattaya Second Road close to Soi 6/1 early yesterday night. Pattaya Police acquired a name a few bike taxi rider waving a knife at overseas vacationers. The person, who was round 50-60 years previous and carrying an orange bike taxi uniform, was captured on digital camera by passersby making an attempt to assault two unidentified overseas males with a knife. A number of people, each Thai and overseas, tried to intervene to cease him.
Following the report, the Pattaya Police rapidly arrested the suspect, recognized as Worapol Naroj, who operates as a motorcycle taxi driver close to the Pattaya Night time Bazaar, reported Pattaya Mail.
In his assertion to the police, Worapol claimed that the passengers tried to decrease his fare to 40 baht per particular person, half of the initially agreed upon fare of 80 baht per particular person. The identification of the overseas passengers is at the moment unknown.
An eyewitness, 31 yr previous Alessandro Somsaen, who was current on the scene, mentioned {that a} battle broke out between the suspect and the foreigners whereas he was celebrating Songkran close to the highway.
Somsaen instructed police how the suspect chased the foreigners round and tried to stab them with a knife, however happily, a number of individuals got here to the foreigners’ rescue and helped to defuse the state of affairs. The suspect then fled the scene and was later apprehended by the police.
The police have confirmed that authorized motion will probably be taken towards the suspect, and his license and skill to function as a motorcycle taxi driver will even be affected.
Taxi riders are by no means removed from the information in Pattaya, whether or not it’s a part of a taxi mafia dispute or one other misdemeanor.
Late last year a motorbike taxi rider in Pattaya was arrested after he allegedly sexually harassed his passenger, a Thai singer named Yanawut “Pearja” Jarearnartiput. The taxi rider denied the allegation claiming he touched the girl in an try to maintain her from falling off his bike.
In January, a bunch of taxi mafias allegedly assaulted two Pattaya Bolt drivers whereas solely final week considerations have been raised about rushing automobiles on Beach Road in Pattaya following an accident involving a motorcyclist.
The incidents function a reminder to all passengers to attempt to resolve disputes peacefully and never resort to violence.