Foreigner Assaults Phuket Tuk Tuk Driver Over Fare Disagreement

[sambum]

4 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

Another hi-end tourist losing his cool over a few hundred baht,  

 

And if he did hand over 500 or 1000 baht for the 400 baht trip?

[atpeace]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

These increasing events are an indication of the lower end tourists Thailand is now attracting. There are many reasons for this, which we have gone over, time and again. Violence is rarely ever called for, especially over small sums is money. What a creep. 

What era did Thailand have high end tourists.  Living here since 1998 and the quality of tourists has improved substantially IMO.  I miss the 90's and even the 2000's but it isn't because of the high class tourists in those decades.  Hey, I might be wrong.  The color their skin and their home country cultures are much different than the 90's but lower class?  I don't think you are racist but...  You are an interesting bloke - wicked smart but progressively more pessimistic.  I do enjoy your posts though...

[khunpin]

Obviously one more pissed animal from the island in the Atlantic Ocean - formerly belonging to the EU. 

[Cabradelmar]

15 minutes ago, bob smith said:

fair play to him.

 

we brits don't mess about when it comes to money.

 

bob.

Because a British dolt doesn't know the difference between a 100 and 1000 baht note 😂 yeah, you are all geniuses 😂 

[sambum]

Just now, Cabradelmar said:

Because a British dolt doesn't know the difference between a 100 and 1000 baht note 😂 yeah, you are all geniuses 😂 

How do you know that the "British dolt doesn't know the difference between a 100 and 1000 baht note"? How do you know that he didn't hand over 1000 baht and not 100 baht? How do you know that the driver wasn't trying the old 1000 baht/100 baht trick?

[spidermike007]

17 minutes ago, atpeace said:

What era did Thailand have high end tourists.  Living here since 1998 and the quality of tourists has improved substantially IMO.  I miss the 90's and even the 2000's but it isn't because of the high class tourists in those decades.  Hey, I might be wrong.  The color their skin and their home country cultures are much different than the 90's but lower class?  I don't think you are racist but...  You are an interesting bloke - wicked smart but progressively more pessimistic.  I do enjoy your posts though...

Thanks, I appreciate that. I'm actually not a pessimistic guy but I guess I use this forum to vent a bit! 

 

I do believe that 20 years ago there were alot more high-end tourists. I personally know some very wealthy people who came here and said they would never return. The primary reasons?

 

1. It was too difficult to get around. No private helicopter service and very few private planes and jets available. No high speed trains, and the highways are too clogged and dangerous. 

 

2. The wife couldn't shop because luxury goods were too overpriced.

 

3. They couldn't get their favorite bottles of wine with dinner and if they could find them they were five times what they were used to paying at home.

 

They said that was enough reason to never come back. And the authorities have done nothing to improve the experience for this type of tourist. 

[webfact]

British Tourist Held for Attacking Thai Taxi Driver over Fare

 

Picture courtesy of The Phuket Express

 

A 31-year-old British man, identified only as Mr. Luke, has been detained by police in Krabi, Thailand for allegedly attacking a Tuk Tuk taxi driver. The incident occurred in Phuket following a disagreement over taxi fees. 

 

Colonel Khundet Na Nongkhai, Karon Police Chief, reported to the Phuket Express on Tuesday (April 30th) that Mr. Luke was apprehended at a hotel on Phi Phi Island by Koh Phi Phi and Karbi Tourist police.

 

The arrest was made following an arrest warrant issued by Phuket Kwaeng Court on charges of causing physical and mental harm to another individual.

 

The accused was moved to the Karon Police Station in Phuket. Colonel Khundet disclosed that Mr. Luke had neither made a statement nor entered a plea by press time, and declined to speak to the media.

 

-- 2024-05-01

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[sambum]

3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

It depends how you define scam.

It's 100 baht, not 10 000 baht.

Is it fair that you were born in a western country where you can afford to fly to thailand 3 times a year and a baht bus driver makes a pittance?

Is it still a scam?

 

The amount is irrelevant - if the fare was 400 baht and 1000 baht was given over, the customer is entitled to his change! It's a scam!

And the fact that the baht bus/tuk tuk driver "makes a pittance" and his passenger "can afford to fly to Thailand 3 times a year" is also irrelevant. It's a scam!

The passenger appears to be asking the tuk tuk driver to show him the note that he paid him with, and the driver didn't, so yes, it's still a scam!

(In the video - after the tourist departed the scene, it appars to me that the driver appears to be "smirking" Anybody else see it that way?)

 

 

 

[sambum]

29 minutes ago, khunpin said:

Obviously one more pissed animal from the island in the Atlantic Ocean - formerly belonging to the EU. 

 

Obviously one more moron who doesn't believe that tuk tuk drivers have a reputation for trying to scam their customers?

[cardinalblue]

Two issues….was it a scanned job? And 2nd  the tourist should never physical touch the seller….

 

 

[Cabradelmar]

11 minutes ago, sambum said:

How do you know that the "British dolt doesn't know the difference between a 100 and 1000 baht note"? How do you know that he didn't hand over 1000 baht and not 100 baht? How do you know that the driver wasn't trying the old 1000 baht/100 baht trick?

Yeah. I'm sure it was a scam, that's why he went to the police 🙄 because you always involve the police when your swindle fails. That makes sense 😂 Beer swizzling foreign tourist with a propensity for violence must be given the benefit of the doubt 😂 then he declines to show up at the police station when summoned, so he was surely the victim of a scam 😂 

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

Yeah. I'm sure it was a scam, that's why he went to the police 🙄 because you always involve the police when your swindle fails. That makes sense 😂 Beer swizzling foreign tourist with a propensity for violence must be given the benefit of the doubt 😂 then he declines to show up at the police station when summoned, so he was surely the victim of a scam 😂 

You sound as green as they come..

 

Stick your head back in the sand where it belongs!

 

Bob.

[Goat]

4 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

The headline should he... "drunk foreigner assaults".... Another Brit too. What's the score Brits 6 Russia 5? 

He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him.

 

So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver"

Swiss Dave wasnt called Foreigner Dave. Russians, Chinese, Indians are always identified form the country they come from.

 

Why is it that the country that causes the most problems here are protected?

 

I am a foreigner, and I despise being tarred with the same brush as these idiots.

[sambum]

1 minute ago, Cabradelmar said:

Yeah. I'm sure it was a scam, that's why he went to the police 🙄 because you always involve the police when your swindle fails. That makes sense 😂 Beer swizzling foreign tourist with a propensity for violence must be given the benefit of the doubt 😂 then he declines to show up at the police station when summoned, so he was surely the victim of a scam 😂 

 

As another poster has already pointed out, the "beer swizzling foreign tourist" appears to be asking the tuk tuk driver to show him the note that he paid him with - which the driver refuses to do.

And the fact that he declined to go to the police station impies to me that he suspects that the police would be more inclined to believe the tuk tuk driver than him - after all, it does appear to be the "slag a foreigner" season at the moment!

Not condoning the violence, but it was hardly a "Mike Tyson special" - more of a slap to show his frustration at being scammed. However, it does appear from a later post that he is being charged for assault. I wonder what happened the numerous other times when Thai taxi/tuk tuk drivers have ganged up on and assaulted tourists in disputes over fares?

[sambum]

7 minutes ago, Goat said:

He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him.

 

So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver"

Swiss Dave wasnt called Foreigner Dave. Russians, Chinese, Indians are always identified form the country they come from.

 

Why is it that the country that causes the most problems here are protected?

 

I am a foreigner, and I despise being tarred with the same brush as these idiots.

 

"He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him."

 

I will agree with your first point about being a Brit, and physically assaulted him with a slap, but that is all. How do you know he tried to short change the "taxi" driver, and not the other way round? Why did the tuk tuk driver not show the Brit the note that he paid the fare with?

 

And I think you will find that in most cases when a Brit is involved, they are called a Brit in the headline, other nationalities for the most part are called foreigners in the headline, and their nationality disclosed in the ensuing text - as well you know.

[Chris Daley]

No GPS, no map, no English, no idea where to go.  Time to start choking.

[Cabradelmar]

21 minutes ago, bob smith said:

You sound as green as they come..

 

Stick your head back in the sand where it belongs!

 

Bob.

And you can go climb back under your rock where you belong. 

[Goat]

8 minutes ago, sambum said:

How do you know he tried to short change the "taxi" driver, and not the other way round?

I saw it on the Thai news this morning.

They, thankfully have named him as a Brit. 

So us Aussies will not be tarred with the same brush.

[Goat]

22 minutes ago, sambum said:

And the fact that he declined to go to the police station impies to me that he suspects that the police would be more inclined to believe the tuk tuk driver than him - after all, it does appear to be the "slag a foreigner" season at the moment!

Only because of the slapping, kicking, biting, punching and thieving done by them on the Thais.

[sambum]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

I saw it on the Thai news this morning.

They, thankfully have named him as a Brit. 

So us Aussies will not be tarred with the same brush.

You saw what on the Thai news? That he was charged? 

 

Everything on your posts screams out "TROLL" so you are going on my "ignore" list - I have given you the benefit of the doubt on previous occasion, but not any more. You won't be winding ME up any more!

[Kaopad999]

I'm absolutely certain that this isn't the first case of violence attributed from the esteemed "British" gentleman, Abdulloh, hailing from Bradford....

[NativeBob]

Abdulloh - sounds like uzbekistani, no?

did police check his workpermit, license etc?

I reckon Rahmatulloh dude working at JTC, Silom Bangkok. He sold semi-precious stones back then.

[Kaopad999]

Deport!

[FruitPudding]

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

It depends how you define scam.

 

I think there's only one definition of scam. Lol

 

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

It's 100 baht, not 10 000 baht.

Is it fair that you were born in a western country where you can afford to fly to thailand 3 times a year and a baht bus driver makes a pittance?

 

Makes a pittance?

 

It's very common for them to keep the change off a 500, claiming you gave only 100.

 

500 a ride ain't a pittance.

 

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Is it still a scam?

 

Yes. A scam is a scam. 

 

Blatant theft in most cases.

[sambum]

33 minutes ago, Goat said:

He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him.

 

So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver"

Swiss Dave wasnt called Foreigner Dave. Russians, Chinese, Indians are always identified form the country they come from.

 

Why is it that the country that causes the most problems here are protected?

 

I am a foreigner, and I despise being tarred with the same brush as these idiots.

"So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver"

 

Normally they would, but in this case it's a tuk tuk driver - maybe not part of the same mafia family?

[sambum]

4 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

I'm absolutely certain that this isn't the first case of violence attributed from the esteemed "British" gentleman, Abdulloh, hailing from Bradford....

 

Another of those pillock Brit bashers that can't read! "Abdulloh" is the name of the tuk tuk driver!!! 🤣

 

And how can you be "absolutely certain"about that? Do you know of any previous cases? Give us some evidence please!

[FruitPudding]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

As per Abdulloh's father's explanation, the conflict arose over the trip fare from Patong to Karon beach, which was charged at 400 baht. 

 

According to the shared video clip, visible on Hod Chang Changwat Phuket and Oiltuktukpatong Saranate Facebook pages, the fare disagreement occurred when the unidentified tourist paid only 100 baht insisting he had given 500 or 1000 baht and demanded the rest as change.

 

If he had paid only 100 for a 400 fare it would be the driver going after him for more money.

 

Seems like the driver was pretty happy with what he was paid, but the customer thought he was owed change.

 

Seems like a clear cut case of another scumbag Phuket driver keeping the customer's change; like that hasn't happened before, lol

[Kaopad999]

6 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

Another of those pillock Brit bashers that can't read! "Abdulloh" is the name of the tuk tuk driver!!! 🤣

 

And how can you be "absolutely certain"about that? Do you know of any previous cases? Give us some evidence please!

Regardless of his name, the guy is a thug and needs deporting. 

[CDG931]

This taxi driver is very disappointing. I would have gotten out of the car and kick this British passport holder's a$$. 

This country attracts too many people from the lower class. More and more.

[Kaopad999]

3 minutes ago, CDG931 said:

This taxi driver is very disappointing. I would have gotten out of the car and kick this British passport holder's a$$. 

This country attracts too many people from the lower class. More and more.

It's true, it's getting really bad lately. Thank goodness I don't live in any of these tourist places in the Kingdom...