WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS: Uber has been ordered to cease operations in Thailand immediately, and is also at risk of running afoul of regulators in Vietnam and Indonesia.
BANGKOK: Thailand has ordered US online taxi booking company Uber to cease operations, on the same day taxi apps were banned in the Indian capital New Delhi where an Uber driver is under arrest for suspected rape.
The South-East Asian nation's Department of Land Transport said drivers picking up fare-paying passengers via Uber's app were neither registered nor insured to drive commercial vehicles, and that Uber's credit-card payment system did not comply with regulations.
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