On November 9 last year, Tran Duong Quang, 36, drove two South Korean women, Do Eunhasoo and Kim Hyunjung, a short distance in the city. The meter showed VND33,000 ($1.41), and when Do out her purse to pay, Quang grabbed 11 VND500,000 bills that value a total of VND5.5 million ($235.68) from her.
The two tourists demanded their money back, but Quang gave them VND67,000 ($2.87) and chased them off.
Do promptly took a photo of his license plate and complained to the police.
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Tran Duong Quang (R) is sentenced to 18 months in jail at the Khanh Hoa Province People's Court on May 14, 2020. Photo courtesy of the Khanh Hoa Newspaper. |
On further investigation, the police found that Quang had similarly robbed another South Korean tourist and his three companions after driving them to a restaurant on Pham Van Dong Street on December 5 last year.
In this case, he had grabbed their bags containing personal documents, bank cards and 104,000 won and VND532,000 (adding up to around $107), the Khanh Hoa People’s Court was told at his trial on Thursday.