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http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110810-0000975/Taxi-passengers-jailed-for-assaulting-cabbies
Taxi passengers jailed for assaulting cabbies
by Shaffiq Alkhatib
05:54 PM Aug 10, 2011
SINGAPORE - Two taxi passengers were jailed today for assaulting their respective drivers in separate incidents.
In the first case, Lim Boon Inn, 39, who ironically is also a taxi driver, was jailed six weeks for fracturing Mr Chia Weng Kwok's nose after punching him.
Mr Chia, 59, picked up Lim and his girlfriend along Outram Road at around 9.30pm on Sep 16, 2009.
Mr Chia was instructed to drive to Ang Mo Kio and was heading towards the Central Expressway when Lim hurled vulgarities at him as he was not pleased with the route the cabby had taken.
Mr Chia did not argue with his passenger and tried to explain to Lim that he was taking the shortest route to his destination.
But Lim continued shouting at Mr Chia.
Afraid that his passenger might turn violent, Mr Chia pulled up beside a police car parked along the road and got out of his vehicle.
Lim rushed out of the taxi, punched the cabby in the face and ran away, leaving his girlfriend behind.
In another incident, Kelvin Ong Tong Lee, 28, was jailed four weeks after assaulting Mr Ong Boon Lai, 62.
The court heard that Kelvin Ong appeared to be drunk after he boarded Mr Ong Boon Lai's taxi with an unidentified male friend on Jan 29.
The cabby was instructed to drive to Petir Road in Bukit Panjang.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Winston Man said that the pair got out without paying the fare when they reached their destination at around 4am.
Mr Ong Boon Lai chased after the two men and only managed to stop Kelvin Ong.
Instead of paying up, the younger man punched the cabby's head and kicked him twice in the head after he had fallen.
Kelvin Ong walked away but two passersby detained him after a short chase and handed him over to the police.
Besides being jailed, the jobless man was also ordered to pay a compensation of S$100 to the cabby.
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Quan Yifeng and cab driver: Who is right?
Mr Tan, a 52-year-old taxi driver has accused MediaCorp artiste Quan Yifeng of wrecking his taxi and even kicking him in the groin.
But Quan Yifeng has come back with allegations of her own that he slammed his car door on her, and swore at her.
On Saturday, Lianhe Wanbao reported that a member of the public witnessed the taxi driver arguing with Quan Yifeng, who was accompanied by her daughter an unidentified man who looked to be in his 30s, around East Coast.
The taxi driver told Lianhe Wanbao that he picked up a male passenger on Saturday at 8.45am, who then asked him to go to Hua Xin Condominium to pick up more passengers, then head to Changi airport.
The two other passengers turned out to be Quan Yifeng and her 11-year-old daughter, who were heading to Mauritius where Yifeng was filming.
When he refused to help her with her luggage, the 36-year-old artiste lost her temper and continued to make things difficult for him as they drove towards the airport, including swearing at him in hokkien, shoving and hitting him.
After alighting, he said that she kicked his groin and a car door, then locked herself in the taxi for 15 minutes to thrash it.
The police has classified the case as theft because she left in another cab with his car keys, according to Lianhe Wanbao.
In a call from Mauritius, the MediaCorp artiste told Wanbao that she did not take his keys, nor thrash his taxi. She also said she was the one who called the police after their altercation, but had to leave to catch her flight.
She said she shoved him and kicked his car door because he blocked her as she was trying to get her luggage.
Quan Yifeng is now seeking legal advice, Wanbao reported.
Taxi passengers jailed for assaulting cabbies
by Shaffiq Alkhatib
05:54 PM Aug 10, 2011
SINGAPORE - Two taxi passengers were jailed today for assaulting their respective drivers in separate incidents.
In the first case, Lim Boon Inn, 39, who ironically is also a taxi driver, was jailed six weeks for fracturing Mr Chia Weng Kwok's nose after punching him.
Mr Chia, 59, picked up Lim and his girlfriend along Outram Road at around 9.30pm on Sep 16, 2009.
Mr Chia was instructed to drive to Ang Mo Kio and was heading towards the Central Expressway when Lim hurled vulgarities at him as he was not pleased with the route the cabby had taken.
Mr Chia did not argue with his passenger and tried to explain to Lim that he was taking the shortest route to his destination.
But Lim continued shouting at Mr Chia.
Afraid that his passenger might turn violent, Mr Chia pulled up beside a police car parked along the road and got out of his vehicle.
Lim rushed out of the taxi, punched the cabby in the face and ran away, leaving his girlfriend behind.
In another incident, Kelvin Ong Tong Lee, 28, was jailed four weeks after assaulting Mr Ong Boon Lai, 62.
The court heard that Kelvin Ong appeared to be drunk after he boarded Mr Ong Boon Lai's taxi with an unidentified male friend on Jan 29.
The cabby was instructed to drive to Petir Road in Bukit Panjang.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Winston Man said that the pair got out without paying the fare when they reached their destination at around 4am.
Mr Ong Boon Lai chased after the two men and only managed to stop Kelvin Ong.
Instead of paying up, the younger man punched the cabby's head and kicked him twice in the head after he had fallen.
Kelvin Ong walked away but two passersby detained him after a short chase and handed him over to the police.
Besides being jailed, the jobless man was also ordered to pay a compensation of S$100 to the cabby.
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http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2652847
Quan Yifeng and cab driver: Who is right?
Mr Tan, a 52-year-old taxi driver has accused MediaCorp artiste Quan Yifeng of wrecking his taxi and even kicking him in the groin.
But Quan Yifeng has come back with allegations of her own that he slammed his car door on her, and swore at her.
On Saturday, Lianhe Wanbao reported that a member of the public witnessed the taxi driver arguing with Quan Yifeng, who was accompanied by her daughter an unidentified man who looked to be in his 30s, around East Coast.
The taxi driver told Lianhe Wanbao that he picked up a male passenger on Saturday at 8.45am, who then asked him to go to Hua Xin Condominium to pick up more passengers, then head to Changi airport.
The two other passengers turned out to be Quan Yifeng and her 11-year-old daughter, who were heading to Mauritius where Yifeng was filming.
When he refused to help her with her luggage, the 36-year-old artiste lost her temper and continued to make things difficult for him as they drove towards the airport, including swearing at him in hokkien, shoving and hitting him.
After alighting, he said that she kicked his groin and a car door, then locked herself in the taxi for 15 minutes to thrash it.
The police has classified the case as theft because she left in another cab with his car keys, according to Lianhe Wanbao.
In a call from Mauritius, the MediaCorp artiste told Wanbao that she did not take his keys, nor thrash his taxi. She also said she was the one who called the police after their altercation, but had to leave to catch her flight.
She said she shoved him and kicked his car door because he blocked her as she was trying to get her luggage.
Quan Yifeng is now seeking legal advice, Wanbao reported.
must start stalking her liao ...heehee...
First it was the assault on bus drivers. Now its taxi drivers. 
