Amputee Taxi driver returns $6,500

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A kind-hearted amputee taxi driver has returned a purse left in his car with US$6,500 and Bt26,000 in it to a Burmese passenger, Police Radio FM 91 station executive Jaiton Sriwangpol said yesterday.

After giving a lift to customers in the Sukhumvit area and finding the purse in his taxi, Duan Sosarn, 34, whose right hand was amputated, gave the purse and cash to the radio station on Sunday evening to try to find the passenger, who the station then located as Myo Htut, from Burma.

Duan said although he had to work hard to pay school fees for his nine-year-old son, he would not have felt right if he had kept the cash forgotten by the customer. He wanted to use the money he earned and be a good example to his son.

National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree praised the cabbie for his action and said the police would present him with a shield of honour on October 13, National Police Day.

Honest cabbie rewarded

an example all can learn from :):):):):):):):)

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Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

He wanted to use the money he earned and be a good example to his son.

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Jai Dee ,

sadly no mention of a reward from the Burmese ?

You've got to give him a big hand. :mid: Nice one cabbie. Makes me want to eat some of the words I have said of Thais.

Such a lovely people.

This thread rates a mention, even though it was a Burmese that was the recipient of their kindness and honesty.

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They truly are a beautiful people.

Yes, good lad; let's hope he gets some good luck in return. :)

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Duan Sosarn, 34, whose right hand was amputated,

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...... and he drives a taxi !!!!!!!!!

And your point is...?:)

taxis are manual shift gearboxes, how can a driver with no right hand drive safely ?

There are some (not many) automatic taxi's around.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

taxis are manual shift gearboxes, how can a driver with no right hand drive safely ?

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Driving. Safely. Taxi. Thailand.
You are not making any sense.:mid:

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Originally Posted by taxexile

taxis are manual shift gearboxes, how can a driver with no right hand drive safely ?

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Pulled himself up by his bootstraps Taxexile - one fecking boot at a time and one lace at a time. Thought you would have been cheering the guy on - I am.

This man is an example to all those greedy Hi-So feckers that it's still good to be a hard working, honest person. This guy should receive one of the highest awards in the Kingdom. He should be made a Pooyai. Won't happen of course.

Regarding the Burmese passenger, it could have been someone carrying monthly wages for Burmese workers here - or it might well have been a Burmese broker carrying remittances back to families in Burma (which they receive a fee for doing). So we shouldn't assume this person is a hi-so Junta beneficiary (though of course possible)

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Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer

He should be made a Pooyai.

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Don't be ridiculous, he's probably from Isaan and has dark skin, maybe they could reward him with some skin lightening cream or something.

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Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree praised the cabbie for his action and said the police would present him with a shield of honour on October 13, National Police Day.

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While they all piss themselves laughing at him and think 'wot a fukwit'.

is it really true? or just a publicity stunt. ? one hand !!!!
ahhhh how sweet.

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Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

A kind-hearted amputee taxi driver has returned a purse left in his car with US$6,500 and Bt26,000 in it to a Burmese passenger, Police Radio FM 91 station executive Jaiton Sriwangpol said yesterday.

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Thumbs up ! Some really lovely people here. No I'm wrong, most of them are really honest and lovely.

Reading the threads on thai expat forums i feel myself lucky to live here as the only foreigner foreigner in the moobaan. :)

An honest taxi driver in Bangkok is always worthy of a news story.

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Pulled himself up by his bootstraps Taxexile - one fecking boot at a time and one lace at a time. Thought you would have been cheering the guy on - I am.

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i saw him on the news last night receiving his medals, and his 2000b reward from the passenger, i do cheer him on, such honesty is heartwarming to hear about, but its not unusual. if you listen to bangkok radio js100, the traffic station, there are calls all the time from passengers who have left bags, phones, laptops, cameras etc. in cabs, the station broadcasts the details and the cab details and i am surprised how many cabbies phone back in and arrange to return forgotten property.

i dont know why this guy was singled out for a reward though.

regarding his one arm, good for him to choose work rather than begging, but driving is an odd choice for a one armed man to make, and i dont know how safe i would feel hurtling down an expressway in a monsoon downpour if i saw the steering wheel being manipulated by a stump instead of a 5 fingered hand, especially if his other hand was busy working the gears.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

i dont know why this guy was singled out for a reward though.

regarding his one arm, good for him to choose work rather than begging, but driving is an odd choice for a one armed man to make

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Lots of people with only one hand drive cars. As for the reward, he could easiy be one of the lazy working class you love to diss so much - in other words someone who takes the money cause 'he's had more than his share of bad luck'.

But he didn't. He gave it back - because he wanted to set a good example for his son. This guy's a hero. A few Thai doctors a bit too quick to offer RX not needed and 'dentists' too quick to suggest unrequired root-canals could learn from our one-armed taxi driver.. he's head and shoulders above them.

The main subject of this thread is not about an amputee guy driving a taxi. It's about there is some jewels of thai people who only deserve respect from us expats.

And I'm not a thaiophile, just my everyday experience.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

its not unusual. if you listen to bangkok radio js100, the traffic station, there are calls all the time from passengers who have left bags, phones, laptops, cameras etc. in cabs, the station broadcasts the details and the cab details and i am surprised how many cabbies phone back in and arrange to return forgotten property.

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Not unusual at all. And often for far larger amounts, in the range of 1/2 million baht.

They truly are such honest, beautiful people.

3 cheers for Thailand! :)

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But he didn't. He gave it back - because he wanted to set a good example for his son. This guy's a hero. A few Thai doctors a bit too quick to offer RX not needed and 'dentists' too quick to suggest unrequired root-canals could learn from our one-armed taxi driver.. he's head and shoulders above them.

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agreed, in full, but youre making such a big thing of it.

as i said, this happens every day, many times, so why is he a hero, he didnt save anyone from a burning building, he hasnt discovered a cure for cancer, he just gave something back that he found, he did the right thing, doesnt make him a hero, just makes him a decent person bringing up his child the right way. like many others.

millions of them about, rich ones and poor ones, even in thailand.

you seem to categorize people according to their wealth, if they are poor they are good and if they are rich then they are automatically bad.

why is that? and whats your beef with doctors and dentists, rip off artists exist wherever there is money to be made, we all know that, whats that got to do with anything?

Simple acts of honesty such as this are actually quite common here.

The Bkk tuk tuk driver that tracked down my father to return his camera he had left in the back seat, the local shop lady who sent some cash to me via a cousin because I had 'paid her too much', the local who found our motorbike keys in the track and handed them in to the local shop, back with us within a couple of hours. Many more.

Of course there are bad people everywhere, in all echelons, but one of the main problems I have with Thailand is that the worst of the moral rottenness and corruption emananates from the higher echelons of society. The rank greed, corruption, selfishness and bigotry there frankly appalls me.

But at tamedah, or moo bahn level the people are mostly very nice, and have integrity.

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Originally Posted by sabang

The Bkk tuk tuk driver that tracked down my father to return his camera he had left in the back seat, the local shop lady who sent some cash to me via a cousin because I had 'paid her too much', the local who found our motorbike keys in the track and handed them in to the local shop, back with us within a couple of hours. Many more.

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Beautiful.

happened to a friend of mine., left $5000 USD and passports and god knows what else in a Taxi.

Returned promtly via radio station.

Thais:

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Great to live among such an honest, moral populace.

3 nights ago I got my bungalow broken into and lost approx $2600 AUD.

Seems to be that A dodgy farang done the dirty.

Fok, I wish that Tuk Tuk driver was around. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

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Originally Posted by taxexile

its not unusual. if you listen to bangkok radio js100, the traffic station, there are calls all the time from passengers who have left bags, phones, laptops, cameras etc. in cabs, the station broadcasts the details and the cab details and i am surprised how many cabbies phone back in and arrange to return forgotten property.

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Not unusual at all. And often for far larger amounts, in the range of 1/2 million baht.

They truly are such honest, beautiful people.

3 cheers for Thailand! :)

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:yerman: jeesus has the Chairman finally lost it. :rofl:.

^ Troll. :)

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Preeda Yunbuaban, 48, picked up Ahmed Abdulmalek, a Bahraini businessman, his wife and one-year-old daughter from Soi Sukhumvit 11 at about 11pm on Sunday to take them to the Patpong area.
A Bangkok taxi driver has returned cash and valuables worth about 200,000 baht left in his cab by three foreign passengers.

Mr Preeda then took another passenger to Suvarnabhumi airport.

As he was about to leave the airport, he spotted a sports bag on the back seat. He thought it belonged to the airport passenger and ran after her, but she said it did not belong to her.

The Chaiyaphum native then searched for clues to the owner. Inside the bag, he found 25,320 baht, US$2,000 and 110 Bahrain dinars in notes, seven credit cards, three passports, a video camera and a digital camera.

"I also found an All Seasons Hotel keycard, so I telephoned the hotel and the staff confirmed that the three were guests," Mr Preeda said.

"I left a message for them and called Sor Wor Por 91 traffic radio to help coordinate the return of their belongings."

Bangkok Post : Taxi driver returns lost cash

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Beautiful.

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A taxi driver Friday returned Bt500,000 to a Japanese businessman who had left it in the back of his cab.

The passenger forgot his bag containing US dollars, Japanese yen and Vietnamese dong, a mobile phone and passport.

Driver Rung Wantumma, 34, had FM 91 Traffic Radio announce the discovery.

The Nation

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So beautiful, so honest, so moral... so Thai. :)

Let's face it, honesty is everywhere. There may be less of it in some locations than others, but it is always in plentiful supply. I once left a debit card in an ATM at Nana Plaza and walked to the end of the block. I was about to cross the street when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and it was a young "demi-mondaine" (to use Trink's term) she smiled and handed me my card. "The girl LEAST likely". Naturally, I felt it was proper to reward her with 100 baht. Losing that card would have meant big trouble for this dumb farang.

Who leaves that sort of money in a taxi anyway? If so they deserve to lose it.

The driver should keep it, call it a stupidity tax.

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Originally Posted by Jools

I once left a debit card in an ATM at Nana Plaza, Losing that card would have meant big trouble for this dumb farang.

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Not a problem mate, just front up to the bank and a replacement is a hundred Baht.

Just lost mine and got a new one in 35 seconds.

My missus had her credit card stolen, but I never reported it to the police because whoever stole it was spending less than her. :chitown:

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Originally Posted by Nostradamus

The driver should keep it, call it a stupidity tax.

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Spoken from a selfish Westerner with feck all morals and integrity to call on, no doubt.