Taxi driver sent to detention for sexual harassment on teenage girl

By Chen Huizhi | May 31, 2016, Tuesday |

Online Edition

A taxi driver who sexually harassed a 14-year-old girl has been sent to 10 days detention by the police in Hongkou District.

Police said in a statement that they contacted Jinjiang taxi company and later spoke to the girl.

The driver, surnamed Shi, who was already fired by the company on Monday, was taken in by the police at around 8pm.

The girl said she was taking the taxi home from school and was seated in the front seat when the driver put his hand on her thigh.

The girl took a picture of his hand on her person with her mobile phone and texted it to her mother.

“The driver keeps touching me,” she wrote. “I’m approaching home. Please come pick me up.”

Jinjiang Taxi Company apologized for the incident.

Police said he admitted that he touched the girl.

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