Cabbie returns tourist's money
A Bangkok taxi driver yesterday turned over US and Taiwanese currency worth around Bt140,000 left behind by a Taiwanese tourist.
The relieved passenger, Chen Ching Ning, gave the honest cabbie Rian Wiangsamut, 45, a Bt4,000 reward.On Thursday evening around 8pm, Rian called the Sor Wor Por 91 radio station's 1644 hotline and reported he'd found a wallet possibly belonging to a foreigner he picked up earlier from the Twin Tower Hotel and drove to the Pom Prab Sattru Phai area. Rian had gone back to the hotel but could not find the passenger, so he decided to call the radio station for help. "I have been driving a taxi for more than 10 years and decided to return the money because it's not mine and the owner would be in trouble over the loss," he said. Businessman Chen Ching Ning, who was in Thailand for the first time, said he was happy and relieved to get the money back and praised Thai people for being honest and kind. Chen thanked Rian and gave him a Bt4,000 reward. The Nation
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