A cabbie has been charged and fined after he abandoned an 80-year-old foreign tourist by the side of the highway in Bangkok.
Witoon Borisut, 42, admitted to police that he had left a Filipino man, identified only as Mr Reyes, by the side of the highway after he couldn’t understand where he wanted to go, Thai Visa reported.
The cabbie had picked Mr Reyes up at Suvarnabhumi Airport but the two men were unable to understand each other.
Witoon stopped another taxi driver for help but neither could understand the elderly man so Witoon deicded to dump him at the side of the road.
Concerned motorists spotted the elderly man wandering on the highway and called police, who arrested Witoon.
He was charged with violating the Traffic Act and fined THB2,000.
Witoon claims he asked the other taxi driver to take Mr Reyes to a police station.
