Cabby who punched another taxi driver faces jail term
AsiaOne
Monday, Jul 02, 2012
A cabby who punched another taxi driver's head and face several times was jailed a week today.
54-year-old Chng Chuan Siak had pleaded guilty in May and had told the district court that he had lost his temper as the victim had made vulgar remarks about his mother who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
However, District Judge Low Wee Ping felt that Chng Chuan Siak's response was uncalled for and ill-fitted to any aggravation from the victim and agreed with the prosecutor that a jail sentence was appropriate.
The road rage incident happened on December 5, 2011, at 6pm at Singapore Expo Foyer 2's taxi stand.
Court documents state that Chng had not moved his taxi forward in the queue which caused Mr Low Swee Kuan's taxi to come up alongside his car. Chng then started gesturing wildly and was seen mumbling.
When Mr Low reversed to join the queue again, Chng alighted and approached Mr Low's vehicle before yelling at him.
Things took a turn for the worse after Mr Low hurled back Hokkien vulgarities about Chng's mother and was punched.
Chng said that he had just received news that his mother, who died in April this year, had an illness that was incurable.
He claimed that Mr Low had persisted in verbally attacking his mother despite being told of Chng's mother's condition.
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