Didi, which completed a record 7.4 billion rides for 450 million users last year, suspended on Monday its carpool-like hitch service.
Downloads of mobile apps which enable users to directly contact police and conduct a video call with officers have surged in China, days after another female passenger on Didi Chuxing’s ride-hitching service was allegedly raped and killed by her driver.
The rush to download those apps has intensified amid calls by Chinese authorities for greater oversight of ride-hailing operators, following public outrage over the second reported murder in three months of a female passenger using Didi, the world’s largest ride-hailing services provider.
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