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Thai Businessman: Forever Indebted To SMRT Taxi Driver Who Returned My $235,000

SMRT SHB1881L taxi uncle returns $235,500.00 to Thai businessman who left them in his taxi. Read what Mr Chukamon Khammat wrote to us which we reproduced every single grateful word that comes from his heart:

“I boarded this SMRT TAXI SHB1881L at clarke quay about 4am after a drinking seesions with some of my business partners and i am kind of drunk at that point of time. And has told the driver to go to Marina Bay Sand Tower 1 where i am staying currently. I safely reached but i forgotten my laptop bag,i immediately turns sober because that bag contains of CASH S$235,500.00 in it.

This money is given to me by investors in singapore for a business plans carried out in thailand. And i suppose to be remitting it today morning. My worries of my consequence of losing this money lead me to a breakdown and i cried in a totally lost manner in my suites.

My wife woke up in a shock as she sees me breakdowns.Upon knowing what happen she says gone…surely we need to bear this sum of money and we are dead because SGD $235k converted to thai baht is 6 million over . i suddenly say i think i go down to the taxi lobby to see if the taxi driver will deliver back the bag of mine..and my wife screamed at me saying “dun waste your time,its $235000 and not $23.50 ,if you are the driver will you return back the bag to the owner?” I kept quiet without a word but duno why my feeling tells me that i must go to the lobby to lookout for the taxi . But the problem i facing is actually i dun even remember the taxi number as i am totally drunk just now.

So my wife seeing the deep shit i have caused she got no choice but to followed me down to the lobby in a mindset that i am obviously wasting my time coming down to the lobby and i should think of alternative ways to raise this sum and we even think of mortgage our house at thailand and even sell off all our assets. But when the lift door open upon reaching lobby i saw a man coming in from the glass door panting and anxious going towards the reception and actually i dun recognise him but i recognise what he is holding onto. Its my laptop bag!

And i and my wife ran towards him and shouting for him and when he saw me he took a deep breath and says thank god…i found you sir…..at that time about nearly 5.00am we are like making a commotion in the lobby. I asked my wife bring up the bag and i urged the exinct kind hearted driver to wait as i need to buy him a drink and offer my appreciation .But we ended up with a short chat in my suites .the driver did not request for any monetary but only asked if i could give him a ice cold mineral water and my wife immediately get it from the hotel bar fridge.and i offered him $1000.00 cash for appreciation of returning this money .because seriously i ask myself if is me i found this money i dun think i will give back too.

And furthermore i get to know from this driver that he just started driving taxi and was a bankrupt in 2014 ,he starts all over from scratch of what he lost and is repaying his debts , this makes me more surprised because if i were him,i found this big sum of money i can start afresh and repay my debts..but the driver replies of why he comes back searching for me is because,he says he intends to go home after dropping me and he has drove off going towards petrol kiosk before going back home but upon reaching he saw a bag at the passenger seat and he said he immediate open the bag hoping to have my particulars so that he can returned to HOTEL to me.but he said he was shocked when he saw the whole bag cash and first thinking is that oh dear this man will surely goes mad if he lose this bag of cash.and even cost life..so he immediately rush to MBS hoping to get the hotel help by asking mbs staff can trace the cctv footage of the guest just now.

I am sincerely grateful and other than being thankful i duno what to say to this kind soul.so i hope i can make everyone knows and can learn from this driver kind deeds. And indeed there is still kind soul in this world.i am sure this driver will surely make a comeback after he earns and repays all his debt. Because his heart is Righteous and his failures previously is also a framed up and trusted too much on business partners.sorry if my english isnt so good you guys may help me rephrased the story.thanks.”

sincerely

Chukamon Khammat

Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road

July 10, 2016
Man Attacks Cabby, Ran Away Without Paying Cab Fare

Pls Help Me Spread Around..

Tis Man Took A Cab Tis Morning.. The Taxi Driver Alr said tat the nets machine is down & only accept cash.. Upon reaching he not satisfied when the driver told him tat to pay by cash..

So the two girls with him said ok send her to the nearest atm machine he suddenly being so violent.. Traffic turn red light, He smack driver head rest & he went out from the taxi ask the taxi driver to go out from the taxi but unfortunately the driver nvr went out & he broke the side mirror..

The driver just wind down the window,

The worst part he punch the driver head & the driver black out for a while.. The driver said he want to call police but this guy ran away wo paying the fare also..

Currently in under police investigation & driver currently at hospital for check up coz his head is spinning badly..

The case happen at Hotel 81 Lavender around 7.20am.. Thanks for sharing guys..

Source: Nur Roslan

December 17, 2015
Comfort Cabby Mocks Androgynous Man, Operator Apologises

This is what you do when you witness something disturbing — alert the authorities and write a formal complaint.

That is what actor and stuntman Hanz Monefiero Medina did when he was harassed by a Comfort taxi driver last Friday.

You might know Medina from a certain perfurmery on Arab Street (he is a perfume maker by day). “I am a man who happens to look androgynous and have my long wet hair out and I am not a transgender nor a transvestite,” he explains.

On his way to an afternoon martial arts class, he hailed a taxicab on Owen Street. The driver, upon seeing him, stopped his vehicle and made an offensive gesture (“a joke usually made on transvestites”) — a limp hand which he rocked back and forth.

And it didn’t stop there.

“The Indian man drove away but, to my surprise, he made a U-turn further down at Owen Road and passed me again,” recalls Medina. The driver mocked him again.

In his complaint letter to Comfort, Medina wrote: “I felt really disturbed. No one should go through this on how someone looks or even if someone is whoever they are as a person. This is a mental disease and outright bullying. I hope this man will be warned for judging potential customers in the future or I will bring this to the social media and make it viral to good journalist sources that I have.”

An executive from Comfort Delgro replied this afternoon with an apology and assurance “that we have spoken to this driver, and rebuked him for his disgraceful actions towards you on that afternoon…We have also issued him an official warning for failing to pick up a passenger despite his taxi being available for hire, which will now be filed in his performance record. Going forward, we will now monitor him closely and any similar transgressions committed by him can result in the termination of his hiring contract with us.”

Source: http://singapore.coconuts.co

July 23, 2015
Swedish National Sentenced To 12 Weeks Jail For Hurting Taxi Driver After Refusing To Pay Cab Fare

Swedish national Blomqvist Andreas Michel, 29, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail for voluntarily causing hurt to a taxi driver after refusing to pay for his journey.

Before District Judge Imran Hamid at the State Courts Tuesday (Jun 2), Blomqvist admitted to his offence but he was given a lighter sentence than the one suggested by the prosecution due to evidence indicating his good character.

On Sep 20, 2014, the accused had boarded a taxi at around 1.20am headed for Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2. Upon arrival, Blomqvist declined to pay for the fare incurred during the ride.

Blomqvist soon left the taxi and the driver, 60-year-old Mr Koh Tat Wah, gave chase, demanding payment.

An eyewitness said in submissions before the court that although Blomqvist had asked the taxi driver to call the police and said he was going up to his residence to rest, Mr Koh wanted Blomqvist to wait at the ground floor for the police to arrive. Mr Koh blocked Blomqvist’s path, and the accused began throwing punches on the victim’s face before passers-by intervened.

A medical submission by physician Dr Kattan Amrita at Clementi Polyclinic noted that the victim had bruising and swelling around his left eye. Dr Amrita prescribed medication to Mr Koh but did not issue a medical certificate as the victim was self-employed.

In his mitigation, Blomqvist said he tried to walk away from the victim and only decided to hit him as a right of self-defence. However, the prosecution submitted that Blomqvist was the aggressor in the fight, no offence affecting a human body was committed and he had ample time and opportunity to seek the protection of public authorities.

Blomqvist stated in further mitigation that he does volunteer work, regularly donates blood and is a registered member in Singapore’s bone marrow donor registry. He also wrote a letter of apology to the victim offering to settle the full taxi fare, paying all medical costs borne by the victim and giving some form of compensation.

The prosecution had suggested an imprisonment term of four to six months. However, Blomqvist said previous sentences for voluntarily causing hurt had a lesser jail term despite the victim suffering more serious injuries.

Blomqvist will begin his prison sentence on Jun 5, as he requested for time to make arrangements at work and home. His bail has been extended until then.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

June 3, 2015