Taxi drivers say they report only serious abuse cases

The law now protects taxi drivers, even from verbal abuse. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - In his 25 years of driving cabs, 70-year-old Jarry Pang said the closest he has come to a passenger assaulting him was in 2019.

It was when he did not take the preferred route his passengers had suggested.

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