reader Posted January 9 Posted January 9 From Yahoo News errifying video footage has captured the moment two American women were threatened by a knife-wielding taxi driver over the cost of a ride in Bali, while it’s been reported the cabbie has since been caught trying to flee the country. The frightening three-minute clip taken by one of the tourists begins with the pair begging to be let out of the taxi and asking to go to the police while travelling through Kuta, a beach and resort area in Bali’s south. While they offer the driver 50,000 in Indonesian Rupiah (AUD $4.80) for the fare, he insists on USD50 (A$74). Continues with photos https://au.news.yahoo.com/terrifying-moment-bali-tourists-held-up-at-knifepoint-over-taxi-fare-072003507.html floridarob and TMax 2 Quote
Marc in Calif Posted January 11 Posted January 11 On 1/9/2024 at 5:00 AM, reader said: the cabbie has since been caught trying to flee the country. More information summarized from an article in the Bali Post (10 January): His name is Yanuarias Toebkae, 20 years old. After the initial incident on Tuesday, he unsuccessfully tried to pick up additional passengers in Seminyak, Kuta. He then parked the taxi not too far from its owner's home. After sharing with a friend the money he'd extorted from the two passengers, he later drove a rental car to Surabaya, East Java (the island just to the west). Two days later, he was captured in Sidoarjo (just outside Surabaya) -- 396.6 km from Kuta, Bali. He was seized on a plane about to depart for Kupang in Indonesian Timor (Nusa Tengara Timur). Nobody has yet reported on his citizenship. It turns out that the "knife" that the passengers thought he had wielded was in reality a folded fan. He made a throat-slashing gesture to pretend that it was a knife to frighten them even more. reader 1 Quote
