Seven taxi drivers caught for overcharging passengers at MBS and Changi Airport


Under the LTA Vocational Licence Demerit Points System, cabbies who rack up six demerit points or more can get their vocational licence suspended. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE: Seven cabbies have been hauled up for overcharging passengers at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Changi Airport over a four-month period.

Between September 2023 and December 2023, two taxi drivers were found to have asked passengers to pay a fare that was less than s$20 more than the metered fare.

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