Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Shariff was a few dollars short of his cab ride back in March 9, 2014, after an evening of drinking — he only had $5 on him, and his fare was $6.70.
Instead of handing over the remaining $1.70, he made the effort to find a plastic bag filled with hot mutton soup and threw it at 70-year-old cabby Teng Ah Bah.
41-year-old Mohamed Sultan has since been sentenced to five months in jail after pleading to voluntarily causing hurt to the elderly taxi driver, The New Paper reports. Poor Teng suffered epidermal burns to 2 percent of his body surface area when the contents of the hot soup splashed onto his neck and upper back.
Teng had dropped the man off at Clementi Avenue 1 at 10pm that night, allowing Mohamed Sultan to get his wallet and come back with the remaining fare balance. For some reason, the man returned in a fit of drunken anger, kicking the front passenger door of the taxi a few times and throwing the mutton soup bomb at Teng.
The cabby shouted for help at the patrons of a nearby coffee shop, requesting for the police to be called. He received medical attention at the National University Hospital and was given three days’ medical leave.
In court, it was revealed that Mohamed Sultan had previous records of using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty as well as voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from carrying out his duty.
As for the cabby, he’ll probably be staying away from mutton soup for a while.
