Cabbie gets penalised for trying to cut through PM's motorcade
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A taxi driver was given a one-month suspended jail term and fined Bt5,000 Friday for driving recklessly in his effort to block the motorcade of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Pongpicharn Thanathirapong, 49, pleaded guilty to the charges of reckless driving and blocking traffic lanes with his taxi during his arraignment at the Dusit District Court. He was accused of blocking the premier’s motorcade on Thursday afternoon on Phitsanulok Road in front of Government House.
Public prosecutors said Pongpicharn drove in the wrong direction on the opposite lane to cut through the PM’s motorcade. His move allegedly caused damages to vehicles of Thai Post and Channel 7 reporters, who were tailing the motorcade.
The Nation
