Taxi turmoil: Thonglor Road assault leaves three passengers shaken in Bangkok

A group of taxi drivers physically assaulted three passengers on Thonglor Road in Bangkok on Saturday night.

A Thai man, Chatchanan Chantajinda, shared the story and videos of the assault on him and his friends, another man and a woman, on Facebook yesterday, Sunday, July 30. One of the videos even showed two police officers present at the scene but they seemed unable to control a man in a dark blue shirt who was responsible for assaulting two of the victims.

Chatchanan admitted that he and his two friends had been drinking alcohol before the incident, which might have led to some impulsive actions on their part towards the drivers.

The conflict arose when Chatchanan and his friends tried to hail a taxi with the registration plate number 7กท 2376 to take them from Thonglor Soi 12 to Sukhumvit Soi 14. However, the driver, who…