Post by Soutpeel on Jun 6, 2016 17:29:07 GMT 7
Axe-Wielding Phuket Taxi Driver Arrested
PHUKET — A taxi driver was arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening another motorist with an axe in full view of foreign tourists at Phuket International Airport.
For his alleged actions, which were filmed Saturday and later spread on social media, Nattawuth Chidjui, 45, has been charged with two offenses and stripped of his driving license for three months, said Bundit Khaosutham, deputy regional tourist police commander.
“He claimed he didn’t threaten anyone, but we arrested him anyway,” Col. Bundit said by telephone Monday. “He has been charged with carrying a weapon in a residential area … there’s also a charge for threatening other people.”
Nattawuth was shown some leniency for confessing.
“The Department of Land Transport was also there [for the arrest]. They said, for this kind of behavior, the driver was supposed to lose his license for six months, but since he confessed, cooperated with the investigation and has clear address of residence, the punishment is halved to three,” he said.
It all stemmed from some airport road rage, according his purported victim.
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PHUKET — A taxi driver was arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening another motorist with an axe in full view of foreign tourists at Phuket International Airport.
For his alleged actions, which were filmed Saturday and later spread on social media, Nattawuth Chidjui, 45, has been charged with two offenses and stripped of his driving license for three months, said Bundit Khaosutham, deputy regional tourist police commander.
“He claimed he didn’t threaten anyone, but we arrested him anyway,” Col. Bundit said by telephone Monday. “He has been charged with carrying a weapon in a residential area … there’s also a charge for threatening other people.”
Nattawuth was shown some leniency for confessing.
“The Department of Land Transport was also there [for the arrest]. They said, for this kind of behavior, the driver was supposed to lose his license for six months, but since he confessed, cooperated with the investigation and has clear address of residence, the punishment is halved to three,” he said.
It all stemmed from some airport road rage, according his purported victim.
www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1465193451&typecate=06§ion=
