‘Rich and wilful’ mystery man, irritated after family dispute, pays Chinese cabby US$5,700 to jump red lights and ‘leave scene quickly’


By Liya Su

Mystery man hails cab then starts transferring large sums via QR code to driver and demanding he drive through red lights. When the driver refused the man became agitated and violent before fleeing as the cabby pulled up next to another taxi and sought help. — SCMP

A frightened taxi driver in China was paid 30,000 yuan (US$4,400 or RM19,646) and ordered to drive through red traffic lights by a passenger who later explained that each 10,000 yuan (RM6,548) was for one red light.

The driver, surnamed Chai, from Puyang city in Henan province, central China, picked up the 30-something-year-old male passenger last Wednesday.

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