A taxi driver for the disabled has been subject to criminal scrutiny for allegedly spitting malicious words and confining a 16-year-old visually impaired passenger. Seongnam Sujeong Police relayed this case to the prosecution Monday for further investigation, according to local media outlet Yonhap News Agency.

The taxi driver had first picked up the passenger from a school for the blind located in Seoul’s Jong-ro district on Sept. 15. 

When the passenger specified to the driver to take a different route to the destination in Gyeonggi Province, the driver expressed his anger. The passenger asked to be dropped off soon after hearing the aggression from the driver.

The suspect told police that he had dropped off the passenger after driving four kilometers near Yaksu Station in Seoul.

The police explained that “despite the passenger demanding to be dropped off several times, the driver ignored this request and kept driving on for an extra thirty minutes. The fact that the driver continued to drive showed intent to confine the 16-year-old.”

The driver is being charged for allegedly using slander and confining the passenger within the taxi.

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