Hoi An bus staff suspended for mistreatment of disabled passenger

A bus driver and assistant in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An Town were suspended from their work for refusing to serve a disabled passenger.

A bus driver and assistant in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An Town were suspended from their work for refusing to serve a disabled passenger.

The driver of bus 92B -008.69 Phan Nguyen Duy Lam was suspended for one month, while Le Xuan Tuong was given a three-month suspension without salary. They work for Hoi An transport co-operative under the province’s Department of Transport.

The assistant refuses to help the disabled man to get on the bus (The photo taken from the clip)

The case was detected after a short clip went viral on Internet, showing that the bus 92B. 008.69 on the Hoi An-Danang route declined to help a young disabled man.

The clip showed a disabled man in a wheelchair with accompanying woman refused help by the assistant and driver.

The footage, which stirred public outrage over the bus staff’s ignorance to the disabled passenger, was identified to be filmed on Le Duan Street on February 8.