Police solicit complaints against ‘notorious’ Morchit taxi motorcyclist

By The Nation

 

Pol Colonel Weerachai Songmetta.

 

Police have learned the identity of a “notorious” taxi motorcyclist who charged a female passenger Bt400 for a one-kilometre ride and are considering filing extortion charges against him.

Royal Thai Police Pol Colonel Weerachai Songmetta said police had learned the identity of the taxi motorcyclist, who had been preying on passengers at the Morchit Bus Terminal, but they needed passengers to file complaints before they could take further action.

 

Weerachai was speaking to reporters after social network users widely shared a clip of a woman who appeared intimidated by the taxi driver and paid Bt400 for a ride of less than one-kilometre from the Morchit Bus Terminal to an area where she could catch a taxi.

 

The woman was returning from her hometown on Tuesday and needed to catch a motorcycle to an area where she could hail a taxi because there were not enough taxis inside the bus terminal.

 

When the motorcyclist demanded Bt400, she took a video of herself trying to bargain for Bt100, then eventually called police and fled in a taxi after the motorcyclist allegedly threatened to attack her.

 

Weerachai said police had learned the taxi driver had repeatedly committed similar offences.

 

He urged passengers who had been overcharged to file complaints with police at Bang Sue Police Station.

 

If evidence is provided that the man intimidated passengers, he will also face extortion charges, Weerachai said.

 

Weerachai said police had also determined from the video clip that the motorcycle the man was riding had not been registered as a taxi, so he would also face a charge of illegally using a vehicle for public transport.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335285

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

but they needed passengers to file complaints before they could take further action.

 

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

she took a video of herself trying to bargain for Bt100,

Posting things on social media seems to be a priority nowadays, before going down the proper channels.

This is what happens when there"s no real checking of who"s riding at the motorcycle taxi rank as long as the tea money is forth coming on a monthly basis.

"Posting things on social media seems to be a priority nowadays, before going down the proper channels. " - I think, that is not in the article....

Go dudes..

 

Why thats the normal falang price

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Police have learned the identity of a “notorious” taxi motorcyclist who charged a female passenger Bt400 for a one-kilometre ride and are considering filing extortion charges against him.

Just another 500 Baht into the disciplinary chamber

 

16 hours ago, Aachen said:

"Posting things on social media seems to be a priority nowadays, before going down the proper channels. " - I think, that is not in the article....

It isn't.

Kind of surprised the police are not recruiting motorcyclist to join the force, he seems to "have the right stuff".

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I was waiting at my usual rank but no bikes there. Another motocy taxi guy rode past and stopped. I got on and went to my usual destination which was 40 baht. When we arrived, he straight away said 100 baht. I said 40 and he said 100, etc. I looked around and it was just me and him. I said 40 baht or we can throw down for 100 baht. He took 40. Just another typical bully who tries this kinda thing on ‘cos no one stops him and there was no one there to take his side.