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On the evening of August 6th, the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism announced that, after receiving information that the police had found the cyclo driver who overcharged Mr. Oki Toshiyuki 2.9 million VND for a 5-minute ride around Saigon, the Department would tặng Mr. Oki Toshiyuki, 83 years old, residing in Tokyo, a pair of round-trip tickets with Vietnam Airlines so that he and his family could return to Vietnam for a visit.
Mr. Oki Toshiyuki is a person who deeply loves Vietnam and has a special affection for Ho Chi Minh City. A representative from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism shared: “His voice has helped us focus more on building the city's image. Through this, we want Mr. Oki Toshiyuki to view the recent incident as an unfortunate event and to continue loving our country.”
According to family information, Mrs. Oki, along with her eldest daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, came to Ho Chi Minh City for both tourism and to visit her youngest son, who currently lives in the city. Mrs. Oki is staying at the Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel (Ben Nghe Ward, District 1) on Ton Duc Thang Street.
Earlier, on the morning of August 3, 2019, Mr. Toshiyuki was taken by a cyclo driver from Ben Thanh Market to the Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel. He offered the driver 500,000 dong, but the driver demanded more. While Mr. Toshiyuki was still opening his wallet, the driver reached in, took all five 500,000 dong notes and two 200,000 dong notes, and left.
Shortly afterward, the Criminal Investigation Department of District 1 Police (Ho Chi Minh City) issued a decision to temporarily detain the cyclo driver who overcharged tourists for investigation into the act of "robbery."
