40s Male Verbally Abused, Assaulted Female Taxi Driver, and Urinated on Her

"Demanding 'Give me fare,' approached driver's seat with insults and assault
Perpetrator was intoxicated at the time... Transparent partition installed but ineffective"

A man in his 40s, Mr. A, was arrested by the police in Ulsan for verbally abusing and assaulting a female taxi driver while intoxicated, and even urinating in front of her. Photo by SBS.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jung-wan] A man in his 40s who assaulted a female taxi driver while intoxicated and urinated in front of her was apprehended by the police.

According to SBS News 8 on the 13th, an assault incident involving a taxi driver occurred on a road in Jung-gu, Ulsan City, in the early morning of the 5th.

Mr. A (in his 40s) is accused of assaulting taxi driver Mr. B (in his 50s) by getting out of the taxi from the back seat after arriving at the destination, then reaching toward the driver’s face through the window and hitting him.

Mr. A also tried to pull the driver out of the vehicle while verbally abusing him. The assault did not stop even as Mr. B was reporting the incident to the police. Mr. A is also charged with pulling down his pants and urinating toward the driver's seat. It was reported that he was intoxicated at the time.

It has been reported that Mr. A's assault did not stop even while taxi driver Mr. B was reporting to the police. Photo by SBS News Screen Capture.

Mr. B, who has 16 years of experience, has been suffering from trauma due to this incident and has been unable to drive even ten days after the event. He told SBS, "I thought I would be fine after resting for a couple of days, but I just couldn’t bring myself to drive. The aftereffects are so severe that I am even considering changing jobs."

Although a transparent partition was installed inside the taxi to protect the driver, it was ineffective in preventing the assault.

The Jungbu Police Station in Ulsan stated that Mr. A has been booked and is under investigation on charges including assaulting a driver under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes and public obscenity.

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