The drama goes on. Blatantly ignoring the Land Public Transport Commission’s (SPAD) advise, thousands of taxi drivers will stage a protest in Kuala Lumpur come November 18. The protest is expected to congregate in droves at three locations, namely, Padang Merbok, the KL Mosque and the Craft Complex nearby Jalan Conlay at 10am, The Star reports.
All three groups will march through KL and come together at a “secret location,” which according to Kamarudin Mohd Husain, deputy chairman of the Malaysian Taxi Drivers Transformation Association (PERS1M), will only be revealed on the day itself. No permit has been obtained for the protest as of yet.
“We don’t want to go against the government. What we will do on November 18 is get the government’s attention,” Kamarudin said. The other objective of the protest it seems, is to gather in numbers with the aim of getting SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar to resign, according to the deputy. He added that he expected over 6,000 taxi drivers to show up for the protest.
“We don’t want SPAD to be dissolved, but the trust given to Syed Hamid Albar has been wasted,” Kamarudin asserted. He claimed that because SPAD had allowed apps such as Uber and GrabCar, the commission had not done its part to take care of the taxi industry in Malaysia.
Groups have been trying to disrupt Uber and GrabCar for some time now. Recent events include calling on the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak himself to ban such apps, to ambushing a GrabCar driver and making rogue arrests of both Uber and GrabCar drivers around KLCC.
That said, one taxi driver has come out to say that he was not affected by the apps, but actions by SPAD and Puspakom instead. So guys, what are your thoughts on this matter?
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
The solution is simple.
Chop all these THUGS away.
Chop the botak.
Retest all taxi drivers..(some got mental illness!)including GRab Car and Uber.
Then legalise the EFFICIENT,COURTEOUS,and NON LAZY DRIVERS.
SOUNDS SIMPLE? But in Bolehland,we have too much perlindungan and politics.
Actually, the big problem is SPAD. SPAD is allowing all this protest to go on. Why? Very simple.
SPAD’s chairman Albar’s wife owns many teksi companies. When Uber and Grabcar came into Malaysia, her companies lost a lot of money and is losing a lot of money.
So, SPAD, as any husband who is scared of his wife would do, quickly ban Uber and ban Grabcar.
You see, in Malaysia, there is no such thing as CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SPAD is now closing an eye to all this violence because Albar’s wife is not happy with slow business.
All these violence is approved by SPAD. Infact, it is indirectly sanctioned by SPAD.
Don’t forget, besides Albar’s wife, ALL other licenses for companies running cabs are all owned by UMNO big boys.
Nobody can touch them la
Cant all this tugs go die already?
Then it shall also be the day we boycott taxis
Boycott them for more than just a day. If we want to make it a “direct action” day, we should also be breaking their windshields with bricks and stuff to let them know loud and clear what we think about them
For me bodoh… Improve ur servive. Smoking, baju x iron, kereta macam kereta sendiri, dent all over the car.
Go buy 4d better than wasting time protest, at least got chance of becoming rich
Lol. From the pic, it tells which are the majority race who support this nuisance issue?
Disagree with taxi driver to protest this that or whatsoever but strongly disagree, racist.
Will the PDRM be on standby for these thugs and welcome them with water cannons? Or will there be no action since it’s not a protest against the government or against a specific politician?
If the headline din knock you on the head, it is a protest against Gov. I can expect Pakatan to give full suppork since this is protest against Gov.
these brainless thugs are obviously BN supporters.. just like you.. there’s no reason for Pakatan to give any support whatsoever.. it is better to just sit at the sidelines and watch BN slowly crumble on its own..
Dont show yr politics stupidity pls. In no way will pakatan support this madness.
Tarak paham this thug taxi drivers??? Must be stones, sh@t, or garbaga in their head….
No wonder they cannot cari makan due to their plain stupidity and pure idiocy.
Malaysia never short of these stupid ppl…
I have been following ur news for the past few months and I am Just wondering where u got the protesters photos cause u r recycling the same photos over and over again whenever there’s Malaysian taxi drivers news?
service macam sial
penipu macam sial
penampilan macam sial
pengotor macam
samseng macam sial
hey driver teksi bodoh pasal tu market beralih kepada UBER
saya menyokong 100% uber,grabcar dan seangkatan dengan nya
u did a great job
together we sack all this taxi driver asshole from roaming on our roads
I thought our government has always say “You Keluar Kalau You Tak Suka”. Why not practice it here?? Those drivers who dont like the current situation can walk out of their jobs and find an alternative job if they really feel incompetent.
Maybe they can find Raja Bomoh and get the magic lamp (or vase) to suck the souls of GrabCar/Uber drivers so that they dont have competition.
When we complaint about their bad service, they just keep quite and never try to improve.
Better ask them to look at their self first la.
Go ahead and protest. At the same time, please also protest GST, toll price hike, petrol price increase, RM depreciation and 1MDB scandal as these are actually hurting your pocket more than Uber or GrabCar
Those who wanna protest are the lazy bunch. I spoke with many taxi drivers and they are able to make more money with apps like MyTaxi (is it the same as grab car?). Some could even earn up to RM7k a month (of course the brainy ones who can think logically and some senses). So why the heck are these drivers demonstrating? If you don’t wanna drive, let others drive who are serious in the business!
It is shameful that taxi services in Indonesia and Thailand are far better than in Malaysia. These Malaysian taxis must look into improving own-weaknesses before complaining about others taking over their market.
The taxi drivers should respond with upgraded service to customers, not by violence… Its just making things worse.
Feel pity to those mamat in the pic. Every time taxi protest or taxi related problem will use their faces.
kahkahkah..yeaa better they do strike/mogok as well..longer is better so we can freely use uber/grabcar services..
these ppl are sick… they forget their job scope dy
Nak special treatment je … takde benda lain.
It’s ok, these fools can protest all they want even for a week.. everyone can take UBER or other mobile ride-sharing apps anyways.