A tuk-tuk drivers was fined recently and ordered to undergo three hours of good behaviour training for becoming rude and intense towards a Singapore couple.
Thung Mahamek law enforcement fined Thongkham Cherdchai, 1, 000 baht for having the wrong licence to a drive open public transport vehicle. Thongkham, 57, was also found to have used incorrect language with his people. He was likewise ordered to attend a three-hour course to improve his behaviour.
Tourist Police commissioner Pol Maj Gen Suthun Prommayon instructed police to get the driver after a movie by the couple — singapore incidents — was posted on the Instagram on Weekend, complaining of their “horrible” experience in Bangkok.
“Another horrible experience intended for Singaporean couple on Thailand, this time using a tuk-tuk driver, ” said the post’s headline.
Another message in the social media platform said: “BKK tuktuk motorist attacks tourists after he fails to cheat them. ”
The video shows the driver making use of abusive language to the couple while sitting on a footpath close to his parked vehicle apparently on Sathon Road. The man has been pointing at all of them and used his hand to try and prevent them from videoing but then challenged these to register a law enforcement complaint by displaying his vehicle’s license plate.
The couple mentioned the driver demanded 300 baht from them despite the fact that they’d settled on 160 baht when he picked them up at Siam Paragon shopping centre for a trip to Surasak BTS station. The particular tourists refused to give him more money which angered the driver.
The incident comes as the country is attempting to attract travelers after a disastrous travel and leisure slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.