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Danny Mok

A Hong Kong taxi driver has been charged with false imprisonment for allegedly driving a drunk Malaysian tourist to a construction site and keeping her there for 30 minutes after her husband got out of the cab at a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel.
The woman, 25, and her husband, 26, had been drinking at a bar in Central on Saturday night before hailing a cab to take them back to their hotel on Peking Road in the early hours of Sunday, according to police.
When they got to their hotel, the husband asked staff for help in bringing his intoxicated wife to their room, but the taxi driver suddenly drove off with the woman on board.
The husband immediately called police.
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The driver brought the woman back to the hotel 75 minutes later. Police officers at the scene arrested the cabby, 51.
He allegedly took the woman to a construction site on Anderson Road in Kwun Tong and kept her there for about 30 minutes, investigators found.
The driver was later charged with false imprisonment. He appeared at Kowloon City Court on Tuesday morning. He will appear in court again in August.
The case was handed over to Yau Tsim district investigation team.
The couple arrived in Hong Kong for sightseeing earlier this month. On Saturday evening they visited nightlife hub Lan Kwai Fong, the Post learned.


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Woman, 25, and her husband, 26, had been drinking in Central before hailing cab to take them back to their hotel
Husband asked hotel staff for help in bringing wife to room, but taxi driver suddenly drove off with woman on board


Woman, 25, and her husband, 26, had been drinking in Central before hailing a cab to take them back to their hotel.


Hong Kong taxi driver charged with false imprisonment after allegedly holding drunk Malaysian tourist at building site for 30 minutes

Woman, 25, and her husband, 26, had been drinking in Central before hailing cab to take them back to their hotel Husband asked hotel staff for help in bringing wife to room, but taxi driver suddenly drove off with woman on board

Woman, 25, and her husband, 26, had been drinking in Central before hailing cab to take them back to their hotel

Husband asked hotel staff for help in bringing wife to room, but taxi driver suddenly drove off with woman on board