Hong Kong taxi driver, 82, acquitted of using foul language at teenage customer
Deputy Magistrate Christine Leung rules that complainant was an unreliable witness, with logical fallacies in his testimony
An 82-year-old taxi driver has been acquitted by a Hong Kong court after a teenage passenger accused him of swearing and refusing to print a receipt for a midnight trip last year.
Yen Ken-hoi became embroiled in the legal dispute after the 16-year-old male passenger filed a complaint to police regarding the cabby’s alleged rude manner during a trip in Sham Shui Po on September 21, 2024.
The teenager, surnamed Ng, earlier testified before Deputy Magistrate Christine Leung Wan-chong that Yen responded with foul language after he gave directions on the route, saying: “Don’t you [expletive] talk, I know the way!”
Leung said on Monday at Kowloon City Court that she found logical fallacies in Ng’s testimony and ruled that he was not a reliable witness.
“The court cannot be certain that [Ng] told the truth and refuses to accept his statement,” she said.
She handed down the verdict and found the driver not guilty of two summary offences of refusing to issue a taxi fare receipt and behaving other than in a civil and orderly manner.