Mueang Pattaya Police Station officers arrested a motorcycle taxi rider without a permit for overcharging two passengers 1,600 baht for a 3-kilometre trip to Pattaya International Fireworks Festival. The suspect shipped the blame onto another rider.

 

Two passengers shared their money transfer receipt on social media and explained that a motorcycle taxi rider charged them 1,600 baht for a trip to the fireworks event. The distance was less than 3 kilometres.

 

The passengers declared the transaction as fraud and warned that no one would want to go to Pattaya in the future if taxis continued to extort and rip off tourists and foreigners.

 

The bank account’s name on the transfer receipt clearly showed the name of the motorcycle taxi rider, Duriya Kamnarn. Police tracked down Duriya and found that he was a Bangkok resident, not Pattaya.

 

Bangkok police went to Duriya’s house and met his mother but her son was not present there. The mother later convinced Duriya to turn himself in at Mueang Pattaya Police Station yesterday, November 28.

 

Duriya explained that he is an app-based rider in Bangkok. He decided to go to Pattaya with his friends thinking that they could make a lot of money from passengers at the event. They then asked local motorcycle taxi drivers in the area to join them outside a petrol station in southern Pattaya.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ ค้นข่าวnews and สายตรงนายกเมืองพัทยา

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-29

 

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Strange why they paid when it was clearly way too high

29 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

They then asked local motorcycle taxi drivers in the area to join them outside a petrol station in southern Pattaya.

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

i dont get this part. why would they do that when win riders are very territorial?

 

another fine [not] article by the AN infamous Petch PetPailin

11 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

 

i dont get this part. why would they do that when win riders are very territorial?

 

another fine [not] article by the AN infamous Petch PetPailin

 

doesn't petch actually work for thaiger ? i don't know if they are the same entity as AN or not. 

17 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

 

i dont get this part. why would they do that when win riders are very territorial?

 

another fine [not] article by the AN infamous Petch PetPailin

 

apparently they ripped his shirt off

14 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

doesn't petch actually work for thaiger ? i don't know if they are the same entity as AN or not. 

 

i perused thaiger when the breakdown occurred here... not impressed... Petch is redifining terrible journalism and doing a fantastic job of it  and right you are... she does write for thaiger... 

11 minutes ago, tgw said:

 

apparently they ripped his shirt off

 

i actually went on tiger to read the article... didnt see the part where they ripped his shirt off.

 

They?  the wins or customers?  still dont explain why they wanted a meet in a parking

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Strange why they paid when it was clearly way too high

That is easy: Think about how people react if you don't pay them... 

one of the many reasons i dont use Motorbike taxi. 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Strange why they paid when it was clearly way too high

 

Taxi drivers have stabbed people over much less than 1600, I don't find it strange at all.

10 hours ago, peter zwart said:

one of the many reasons i dont use Motorbike taxi. 

This type of incident is quite rare.... usually a simple matter to ask how much before the journey starts. 

Without his shirt he looks in need of a 1600 meal.

Transfer him to an inactive post in Phuket.

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Duriya explained that he is an app-based rider in Bangkok. He decided to go to Pattaya with his friends thinking that they could make a lot of money from passengers at the event. They then asked local motorcycle taxi drivers in the area to join them outside a petrol station in southern Pattaya

BS... local taxi riders would have beaten the brown out of them.