A taxi company in Kumamoto City plans to file a criminal complaint with police after a Kumamoto prefectural member allegedly threatened to kill a driver on Dec 24.
During a press conference on Sunday, the assembly member, Nobuo Ide, 63, explained that he objected to the taxi driver after he began driving in the wrong direction, Kyodo News reported. Additionally, Ide stated that he “didn’t remember” any words exchanged and that he “accidentally kicked the driver’s seat” while shifting the position of his legs.
According to footage from the taxi’s dash cam, Ide got into the taxi at around 8 p.m. on Christmas eve. After instructing the driver “to turn right,” Ide called him “an idiot” and threatened “to kill” the cabby several minutes later. The dash cam then records a loud bang after the heated altercation.
The taxi company said the driver recalled that Ide appeared intoxicated and made threatening statements after noticing he was heading in a different direction from his home.
In August, Ide received public criticism for another incident when he smoked in a non-smoking area at Koshien Stadium.
© Japan Today
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diagonalslip
nicely understated! （⌒▽⌒）
Newgirlintown
What a silly sausage.
Newgirlintown
Well thank you. A proper daffy down dilly I might add
gogogo
Who's the idiot when it was all recorded
smithinjapan
Ah, the "I was drunk" excuse that will see him bow and apologize and suffer no consequences in this nation. Big surprise. Then he'll do it again as we burrow deeper into enkai season.
Numan
The taxi driver will get a brown envelope, and the media will be told to forget about it!
Hello Kitty 321
@ Rodney,
It does not say attempted murder it says he threatened to kill the driver and this can be heard on the drive recorder.
Abe234
Now This is better than the local politician who was doing pull ups in the train that ( who knows why)was doing pull ups.
Brussel
In most other countries hewould already be finished...
Good from the taxi driver to bring ot out...
Time that these ojisans learn that the rest of the world has moved on... (rest of the world, inluding most of the Japanese younger population and woman)
Mocheake
Just another drunk privileged bureaucrat oyaji who thinks rules and laws are only to be followed by the masses. He'll bow on TV for a long time and that'll be that.
kurisupisu
They not only parasitically leech our money but threaten to kill us at the same time-charming!
Nippori Nick
Gotta say I have never accidentally kicked the drivers seat in a car.
Rodney
Kicking the seat in an heated argument when the driver is ripping him off is not attempted murder.