1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: We are going to speak to the taxi operator who 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: was randomly attacked in Malden at midday or Monday by 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: somebody wanting to Hijacki's vehicle. Now, it was a normal 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: day on the job for Dive, who just completed a 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: job in Malden when a man came in front of 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: the bus armed with a weapon. 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: Dave joins me on the line. Now, good morning. 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 3: Dive, Good morning Katy. Thanks for giving me this chance 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 3: to beek on behalf of me. 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I really appreciate you having a chat with me 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: this morning. Now, what happened when this guy approached your minibus? 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 3: Oh, that was a normal day for me, a pretty 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: full year, like lunchtime and I was just heading towards 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 3: Malden and suddenly one guy approached me in front of 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: many bugs, and his action was pretty weird. I thought 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 3: maybe he just wanted to do something with me, because 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 3: I have seen something in his left right hand story. 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 3: And suddenly, when I just loaded all my vehicle, he 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 3: stopped for a while for less than second, and I 20 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 3: thought I should not stop here right now because it 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 3: will be dangerous for me. And suddenly then I just 22 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 3: crossed him and he throw knife towards my vehicle like 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 3: moving vehicles. After that, I realized something like big noise 24 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: came from out inside of the vehicle, and I realized 25 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 3: he threw the knife towards my glass, the window glass. 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: My goodness dive which so did he throw it through 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: the front windscreen or what area of the of the 28 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 1: mini bus? 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: He was just try to He was just try to, 30 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: you know, like try to stop my vehicle with the 31 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: front glass. And but for some reason he stopped for 32 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: a while, some some while for his stop. I don't 33 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 3: know he changed his mind because he was to stop me. 34 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: But you know, with my just you know, concern, I 35 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: don't stopped my week. So what he did. He just 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: came on the left hand side of my vehicle on 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: the nature strip. Then he throw knife towards me. 38 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: I cannot imagine what must have been going through your 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: mind at that point. What were you thinking? As all 40 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: of this was unfolding see. 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: Other trauma sides for less than seconds and nothing in 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 3: was my mind. I thought it was my last thing, 43 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: you know, When I see knife in his hand, I 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 3: thought maybe if I stopped, I will be maybe permanent 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 3: injury or anything could happened to me. But the lucky 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 3: thing was that I was not hurt. Only he don't 47 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 3: damaged to the minibus and that's only he managed to do. 48 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: But I was thought, maybe if I stopped my vehicle 49 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: in front of him, I don't know what will be 50 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 3: the consequences to me. 51 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: That is an incredibly frightening situation to be in. 52 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: Do've just tell us? So this happened like in the 53 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 2: middle of the day, didn't. 54 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: It at twelve thirty pm lunchtime? 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: Is there was the incident captured on like video footage 56 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: or anything security footage? 57 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: Okay, I got a dash camp, so everything is recorded 58 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 3: in dash cam. 59 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: Wow, have you gone back and had a look at it? 60 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: And how did you feel when you when you did? 61 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 3: Still, if I see this video image, I can't express 62 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 3: my fear, you know, in the world. Only I can feel, 63 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: you know. And it was like nightmare for me watching 64 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 3: this video again and again. 65 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: Divor you just thinking to yourself, You're lucky to be alive. 66 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: I'm thanks to God, Thanks to God. And it was like, 67 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 3: luckily for me, I'll just survive. I'm talking with you 68 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: in front of you and I'm just you know, thanks 69 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 3: to God. That was not day for me all the time. 70 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: The way he throw, the way he's throw nice towards 71 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 3: moving vehicle. It's like maybe one of the dangerous situations 72 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: because I was driving like a roughly big bus and 73 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 3: it was just you know, uh bus and on the time. 74 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 3: If imagine I lose the control, it could be anything, 75 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 3: it could be disaster. You know, I was lucky, I 76 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 3: use my mind. 77 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: You certainly did. Did you have any passengers on board? No? 78 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: I was empathy at the time. That was very very 79 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 3: you know, thankful to God, no one was in the 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 3: vehicle all the time. 81 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, Dive, is this the first time that you've experienced 82 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: an attack like this or something as dangerous as this? 83 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 3: See the normal the rock throwing rocks and the bottle 84 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: is pretty normal in Palmerston, But the throwing the knife 85 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 3: that the first time happened ever ever I have seen 86 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: in my life. 87 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,119 Speaker 2: So, Dive, are you telling me that that it regularly. 88 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: Happens that you've got rocks and bottles thrown. 89 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: At your vehicle? 90 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: Oh? 91 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 3: I yea regularly, but sometimes the bottle rock hit the 92 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: metal of the vehicle. But if we got unlucky, this 93 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 3: glass and metal can hit the glass, I ask you will, 94 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 3: So you will be surprised know that that's a third 95 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 3: glass in two months, third glass in two months. 96 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: Third glass in two months. How much is this costing you? 97 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 3: Roughly three hundred dollars. 98 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: Are you at the point where you're feeling quite scared 99 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: to go to work? 100 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 3: Well every time, you know, like we're scared to go work. 101 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 3: But I don't have any en a choice left. I 102 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 3: have to pay my bills, my rants, my crosses, everything. 103 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 3: That's the way you know, I do my job. You know, 104 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 3: that's the only source of my income. 105 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I think. 106 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's a terrible situation that you guys 107 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: that our drivers are in. 108 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: What do you think needs to happen? 109 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: What do you think what protections need to be in 110 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: place to help drivers? 111 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: I think we have to be more vigilant. We have 112 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 3: to be more you know, like we can do whatever 113 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 3: we you know, like as much we can, but we 114 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 3: have to be more vigilant. We have to be in 115 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 3: touch with the local police. We have to give as 116 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 3: much more information which can give to the police and 117 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 3: they can, you know, catch offenders. That's only we can 118 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: do according to me. Yeah, and the you know, the 119 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 3: if the government the local government, he makes some laws 120 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 3: for protection to the drivers operator. You know, like you know, 121 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 3: there's a thousand of people that go on the road. 122 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 3: Maybe it could be the normal car, it could be 123 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: the normal person. You know, it could be anyone in 124 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 3: the future. 125 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: Are you feeling at this point, Dive, lot the government 126 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: is listening and the people in those positions of power 127 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: are listening to the fear that you guys have to 128 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: get to work. 129 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: We have like a complaint, like you know, every time 130 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: when this incident happened, we complain to the police, We 131 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 3: complain to the you know, our department. But it's kind 132 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 3: of me, you know, like matter time of investigation, how 133 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: it's gonna do that, you know. But the three right thing, 134 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 3: the main thing is our safety, our security. There's the 135 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 3: main problem for issue. You know, Like I know, my 136 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 3: few friends even they got injured, uh in the in 137 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: the tax season, the minibuses. But I'm just totally like 138 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: I don't feel it was I was just you know, 139 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: safe on that day. That's I can I totally like earlier, 140 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 3: I can't you know, tell my fear in the words, 141 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: I can. 142 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: Only feel this and I I understand as well, all 143 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: Dive that you still went back to work just a 144 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: couple of hours later, a couple of hours after that 145 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: incident had happened. 146 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: That's right, So right, I just after two hours, I 147 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 3: was again on the road. 148 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: Might I really feel for you, because that's. 149 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: Not the first time this thing happened with me or 150 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 3: with my other you know colleague. It happened like I 151 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: can't explain you, but it happened like frequently, you know. 152 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 3: So a two hours, two hours, I was again on 153 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 3: the road, dive. 154 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: Do you think that those security screens or safety screens, 155 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: I should say, do you think that that'd be effective 156 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:53,239 Speaker 1: or would help. 157 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: In any way? 158 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 3: I don't think so. If someone made his mind he 159 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 3: had to do something wrong, he will do because it's 160 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 3: a moving vehicle. And if someone throws a knife or 161 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 3: whatever object towards moving vehicle, we can't do anything from inside, 162 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 3: you know, like because if someone made his mind, because 163 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 3: if the footage have seen the dash camp, he already 164 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: made his mind. I want to do something like wrong 165 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 3: with him. So that's a you know, the thing is 166 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: that but putting the safety features, I think it will 167 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 3: be fifty or sixty percent. We can get a little 168 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 3: bit more confident or we can drive on the roads. 169 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: I've just Lastly, do you have any idea whether that 170 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,719 Speaker 1: person who who targeted you and threw that knife that 171 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: you put you in that utterly dangerous situation has he 172 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: been arrested. 173 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: I have submit this footage to the Anti police on 174 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: Monday on the same day, and I have not had 175 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 3: anything from the police yet. So it might be a 176 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 3: matter of investigation because clearly you can see his face everything, 177 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 3: so I think the serious metros investigation. But I haven't 178 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 3: had anything from the police yet. 179 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: So have I contacted you at all following what had 180 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 2: gone on? 181 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 3: Not yet? 182 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 2: All right? Please? 183 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, please keep us up to date as to whether 184 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: you do hear from them and where things are at. 185 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a terrifying situation that you've had 186 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: to endure. Mike. We're all thinking of you and and 187 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: all really, you know, pretty disgusted that's something like this 188 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: could happen to you. I'm really sorry that you've been 189 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: in that situation. 190 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, but my concern is that on that day, Okay, 191 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 3: I was the unluckiest person on the time, but imagine 192 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 3: if someone else was another vehicle, you know, sometime, you know, 193 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 3: because if you see the video you will go and 194 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 3: understand what station I was on the time. 195 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: Mike, I really appreciate it. 196 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was unable to stop, unable to make U turns. 197 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 3: It was the middle of the road and I was 198 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 3: just you know, unable to do nothing that well. 199 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: It's a very very scary situation. Dave, thank you so 200 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: very much for having a chat with us this morning. 201 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time. 202 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Cherdy appreciate for you. 203 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you.