Ride-sharing essentially still an illegal taxi service, says state’s CVLB

Be open: The European Commission has cautioned member states against outright bans on the sharing economy.

KOTA KINABALU: Barely a month after its launch here, Uber has been banned, at least for now, by the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB).

Sabah CVLB chairman Datuk Raime Unggi said that the CVLB was of the view that Uber was nothing more than a mobile application-based “pirate” cab service.