STOMPer Desmond, a taxi driver, wrote in about a group of four Korean teenage boys who ran away without paying the fare. The STOMPer managed to nab one of the boys and take his photo.
Said the STOMPer:
"Four Korean teenagers ran away after being asked to pay cab fare.
"Hi, this is Desmond, I'm a taxi-driver uncle.
"On December 11, at 1.04am, I picked up a Korean teenager at Petir Road, Mayspring Condo, and he directed me to Jurong East St 13, Westmere Condo to pick up another Korean friend of his.
"Then, again, he directed me to Ulu Pandang Road Pink Groove Condo, to pick up another friend. Lastly, he directed me to Dunearn Road to pick up their last friend, and they told me to drive to opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre.
"Three of them alighted, but before they did so, they spoke in Korean. They had already planned to run away without paying the cab fare.
"The first teenager I picked up told me to go to Bukit Timah Avenue, a dead end road. He told me that his mum was waiting there to pay the cab fare.
"When I reached, he asked me to hold on and called for his mum. All of a sudden, he ran off.
After the boy ran off, the STOMPer circled the shopping centre where the three had alighted earlier and then waited at the taxi stand. By chance, he saw the boy who had run off come out from the building.
When the STOMPer confronted the boy, he again ran off, and the STOMPer drove after him. The boy ran to a carpark and up a staircase that had its other exit blocked. That was how the STOMPer managed to catch the boy and call the police.
According to the STOMPer, the police arrived and wrote down the boy's particulars. The matter was resolved at about 3.40am, with the police contacting the boy's mother who waited at the condo's guardhouse while the STOMPer sent the boy home.
The boy's mother paid the STOMPer the initial fare of $28.20 and another $7 for the return trip home. The STOMPer says these incidents of fare cheats are common, and this is the first time he managed to nab one of them.
Said the STOMPer:
"Four Korean teenagers ran away after being asked to pay cab fare.
"Hi, this is Desmond, I'm a taxi-driver uncle.
"On December 11, at 1.04am, I picked up a Korean teenager at Petir Road, Mayspring Condo, and he directed me to Jurong East St 13, Westmere Condo to pick up another Korean friend of his.
"Then, again, he directed me to Ulu Pandang Road Pink Groove Condo, to pick up another friend. Lastly, he directed me to Dunearn Road to pick up their last friend, and they told me to drive to opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre.
"Three of them alighted, but before they did so, they spoke in Korean. They had already planned to run away without paying the cab fare.
"The first teenager I picked up told me to go to Bukit Timah Avenue, a dead end road. He told me that his mum was waiting there to pay the cab fare.
"When I reached, he asked me to hold on and called for his mum. All of a sudden, he ran off.
After the boy ran off, the STOMPer circled the shopping centre where the three had alighted earlier and then waited at the taxi stand. By chance, he saw the boy who had run off come out from the building.
When the STOMPer confronted the boy, he again ran off, and the STOMPer drove after him. The boy ran to a carpark and up a staircase that had its other exit blocked. That was how the STOMPer managed to catch the boy and call the police.
According to the STOMPer, the police arrived and wrote down the boy's particulars. The matter was resolved at about 3.40am, with the police contacting the boy's mother who waited at the condo's guardhouse while the STOMPer sent the boy home.
The boy's mother paid the STOMPer the initial fare of $28.20 and another $7 for the return trip home. The STOMPer says these incidents of fare cheats are common, and this is the first time he managed to nab one of them.
