Honesty - a principle to hold on to


All in a day’s work: Hassan on the phone with Chong’s husband about the wallet he left in the taxi.

JOHOR BARU: Honesty is the best policy for taxi driver Hassan Syed Ali, who drove about 40km from Larkin in Johor Baru to Kulai to return a wallet left by a passenger.

The 54-year-old, who has been driving a taxi for 10 years, said that the incident happened on July 14 after he picked up a couple along Jalan Wong Ah Fook here.

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