{"id":99614,"date":"2026-11-15T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99614"},"modified":"2026-11-15T07:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:10:26","slug":"a-disagreement-over-smoking-inside-a-taxi-allegedly-turned-violent-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99614","title":{"rendered":"A disagreement over smoking inside a taxi allegedly turned violent in Hong Kong,&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nA disagreement over smoking inside a taxi allegedly turned violent in Hong Kong, after a passenger reportedly attacked a 24-year-old cab driver who asked him to stop smoking.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at around 11.35pm on 10 November in Kowloon City.<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports, the passenger allegedly lit a cigarette during the journey. When the driver, surnamed Tam, confronted him, an argument reportedly broke out.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage circulating online showed a man dressed in white repeatedly striking the driver outside the taxi.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger allegedly fled after the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old driver suffered injuries to his mouth and nose and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Police have classified the case as assault causing bodily harm and are searching for the passenger involved.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking inside Hong Kong taxis is prohibited, with offenders facing a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (approximately S$500).<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/909552496_1075188618866748_7172350450071351355_n.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/909552496_1075188618866748_7172350450071351355_n.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064694979509\/posts\/1577585484407936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disagreement over smoking inside a taxi allegedly turned violent in Hong Kong, after a passenger reportedly attacked a 24-year-old cab driver who asked him&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}