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A 25-year-old part-time e-hailing driver will face charges for allegedly staging his own kidnapping to extort RM30,000 from his parents, having accumulated debts to unlicensed moneylenders.
Maxim Malaysia's inaugural Safety and Legal Compliance Report reveals safety concerns comprise less than one per cent of customer enquiries, with over 90 per cent resolved within 24 hours. The company invested RM2,015,090 in driver licence verification support.
A former e-hailing driver has claimed trial to 12 charges spanning armed robbery, fraud and theft across separate Klang courts, signalling a shift in gig-economy worker crime patterns.
Malaysian police have concluded their investigation into an e-hailing driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in Sepang on July 16, with findings now submitted to the deputy public prosecutor for prosecution decisions.