Uber condemns threat, intimidation tactics directed at its drivers

PETALING JAYA: Uber has strongly condemned the threats and intimidation tactics currently being directed at its drivers and has called on the authorities to take immediate action against those responsible.

“We strongly condemn the use of intimidation and violence against our driver partners, including holding our driver partners to ransom by assaulting them and damaging their cars and even intimidating and threatening riders,” the company’s general manager for Malaysia, Leon Foong (pic), said in a statement on Tuesday.