A phone running the Uber application is held above the traffic in central Bangkok December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's transport authorities have begun a crackdown on drivers for ride-hailing services Uber and Grab and want the military government to ban them, a transport official said on Tuesday.
U.S.-based Uber has faced regulatory hurdles around the world and when it began operating in Thailand in 2014 the Department of Land Transport said its drivers were not properly registered or insured and its payment system did not meet regulations.
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