Teenager Who Mocked Hearing-Impaired Taxi Driver's Sexuality and Shared Video Sparks Public Outrage

A video posted by teenagers mocking a taxi driver with hearing impairment. Photo by Online Community Capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] Teenagers who made sexual remarks to a hearing-impaired taxi driver and filmed it to upload on the video-sharing platform TikTok are drawing public outrage.

On the 7th, a 16-second TikTok video titled "Kids messing with the taxi driver" was posted on an online community. The TikTok video was titled "Found a cool feature while taking a taxi lol," and comments were disabled.

In the video, the taxi driver, through the voice recognition screen above the meter, explained, "My hearing is a bit impaired," and "I use the voice recognition device because I can't hear well, but I feel sorry for having to keep asking passengers."

Despite the driver's explanation, one male student laughed and said "Xseu" as if finding it funny. The driver calmly responded, "Please say something nice," but the students continued to joke, saying "Yamete kudasai" and did not stop.

Netizens who saw the video expressed anger, saying, "Should we overlook it because they are young? They need proper discipline," "The driver's mental state must be seriously affected," "Children need education, and character education should be properly taught," and "What were they thinking to post such an atrocity directly?"

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