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Tour company owner fined 2,000 baht for threatening taxi driver with sword
PHOTO: Sanook
A tour company owner has been fined a mere 2,000 baht by police in Surat Thani after threatening a taxi driver with a sword.
The video (below) shows 39 year old Suphakit Sindamrern the alleged owner of Buddy Travel in the Kaset market area heading to his car to retrieve a sword from the boot. Suphakit told an official yesterday that it was :all a misunderstanding”.
Watch the video of the man HERE.
The argument was apparently over two tourists who had inquired about transport after just arriving in a minivan. Suphakit has a vehicle that he uses to transport passengers, but it is not licensed.
He was fined by the police for carrying an offensive weapon and could face later sanctions from his local land transport office regarding the use of an unregistered vehicle as a taxi service.
SOURCE: Sanook
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