SINGAPORE: A drunk German chief executive was given two weeks' jail and fined $1,000 for slapping a taxi driver and kicking his vehicle after the cabby had declined to pick him up. Jochen Thewes, 45, of DB Schenker Logistics (Asia Pacific), had earlier paid $2,950 in compensation to the driver and apologised to him in court. Thewes, who was fined $1,000 for causing damage to the taxi, is appealing against the conviction and sentence over the charge of causing hurt by slapping. When Xu opened his door to check the damage, Thewes pushed him and slapped him on his left cheek. She ruled that Thewes lacked credibility in court when his defence was simply that he was too intoxicated to remember what had happened.

Source: The Star September 15, 2016 04:25 UTC