[속보] Man and woman charged with assaulting driver on city bus and rolling fare box
Reporter Byeon Eun-sam [email protected]
Input: 2021-02-13 09:41:12Revision: 2021-02-13 13:57:14Published: 2021-02-13 09:57:20



A panoramic view of the building of the Busanjin Police Station. Busan Ilbo DB
A man and woman who boarded a bus running in Seomyeon, Busan, assaulted a driver and broke a fare box were caught.
On the 13th, the Busanjin Police Department announced that it was investigating A man in his 30s and a woman in his 20s on charges of swearing and smashing the bus driver with his feet and kicking the fare box.
According to the police, on the 12th at 10:10 p.m., a bus that a woman B was running with her feet on the road stopped suddenly in the BRT section of Seomyeon Jungang-daero in Busanjin-gu, Busan.
When Mr. C, a bus driver in his 50s, warned him not to do so, the man A, who was next to Mr. B, got on the bus. He then swears and at the same time grabbed the bus driver’s fat and broke the fare box with his feet. Mr. B also joined in by pushing Mr. C’s shoulder.
It is said that the passengers on the bus at the time were terrified by their violent actions.
At that time, the police dispatched to the scene randomly accompanied Mr. A and Mr. B to the police station. The police are conducting investigations, such as analyzing CCTV images inside the bus.
On the other hand, if a driver such as a bus or taxi in operation is assaulted or threatened, even if it stops for a while, he or she is subject to imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to 20 million won.
Reporter Byeon Eun-sam [email protected]