S’pore drivers offering illegal e-hailing rides

No go: Aedy Fadly (right) and senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan inspecting a seized Singapore-registered vehicle after a press conference in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Singapore-registered drivers, who are not allowed to offer e-hailing rides into Malaysia, are openly advertising such services, charging as much as S$180 (RM591) per person for a trip to Johor Baru.

These illegal e-hailing operators usually promote their services on social media as well as WhatsApp and Telegram messaging apps, offering rides to various destinations, said Road Transport Depart­ment (JPJ) director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli.