The taxi operator who reportedly fleeced two French tourists last month by charging them RM800 for what should have been a short trip has had his licence and vehicle permit revoked by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), Bernama reports.
The unscrupulous cabbie was said to have taken the tourists on a drive to Putrajaya and back when they really only wanted to go a short distance from Suria KLCC to Masjid Negara.
The commission said that the action was taken following investigations into a complaint lodged by the tourists over the matter. It said via a statement that the revocation was carried out as the operator had contravened requirements under Section 22 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010.
“The Section provides for only one valid driver registered with SPAD to offer the taxi service and is required to use the meter to determine the fare of the budget taxi, as well as producing a receipt for the journey,” it said.
“SPAD will take legal action against the operator. If found guilty, the operator could face a fine and/or jail term and the vehicle, forfeited. The individual involved will also be blacklisted to prevent him from getting a taxi operator’s licence in future,” it added.
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so what? he can still buy an underpowered cheapo axia and drive uber or grab.
At least the charges for Grab/Uber is fixed and moderated so he can no longer cheat in that sense.
Lesen lori hantu OK je
Ha ha ha. In M’sia, a Taxi driver who cheated the tourists only get his licence revoke. In another country, the cab driver would have been jailed for cheating. This is NOT the Right way to promote Tourism.
SPAD will take legal action against the operator. If found guilty, the operator could face a fine and/or jail term and the vehicle, forfeited. The individual involved will also be blacklisted to prevent him from getting a taxi operator’s licence in future,” it added.
Feis, “blacklisted to prevent him from getting a taxi operator’s licence in future” does NOT prevent him from driving.
To solve the problem(cheating), U must put him behind bars else he will repeat again & this is NOT good for M’sia. Are U OK with a cheating cab driver roaming in your neighborhood ??!
next time the tourists will never come to visit Malaysia anymore if these goes happen again
V good publicity of malaysia tourism.Secondly this hooo haaa for while only later This culprit will join another taxi operating company or use another person license or he will drive with no license also no prblm.This is malaysia!!!!
Sad but true
Life imprisonment would have been the right punishment .
lol this is amazing
Just wayang kulit.
SPAD themselves oso the problem.
SPAD better self terminate la.
After all so many donkey years, nothing but bad, bad bad news from SPAD. So thick skin
That’s it? I expect more!
One down, thousands more to go… those taxi queuing in front of ktm station never catch also. Flat rate RM15-25.
Some more huh, they wait for 4 passengers to go to the same destination and charging them separately, this is the case at KTM station Shah Alam.
wow still the same? I stopped using the ktm to shah alam 10 years ago, those guys are still in business?? back then it was rm8 from station to stadium
Didn’t even bother to release driver’s name? Absurd.
Even datuk/datin get arrested, first thing their name came out in the news.
Kasi hikim public canning la.. baru best sikit
SPAD is rubbish!! Doing so little yet using so much money! Please abolish it and pass the job to Trafik polis. At least it will save u rakyat some money!
Why bother with taxi? Just use Grab or Uber
It’s bizarre as to why the SPAD & Govt seem to be lenient towards errant taxi drivers ! One of the first experiences tourists experience In a country is the taxi service. In Malaysia, the (regular) taxi service is pathetic, and I’m glad that GRAB & UBER are ‘driving’ these taxi drivers out of business. Most of the red/white top taxis are tacky old Protons, difficult to get in & out, smell of tobacco smoke or rancid oil from the Nasi Kandar. Then, they have a sticker on the side informing the punter that they use the meter and they don’t haggle…….what a joke !!! Visit Malaysia Year ?! To experience the famous ‘Teksi’ ??!! Long live GRAB & UBER !!! The Minister of Tourism should send the goons to Singapore & Hong Kong to learn about taxi image. Once you start to crack the whip with these Teksi drivers, they will begin to Berak and may conform to the laws. Maybe, just maybe….they may learn to be polite. With the internet, potential tourists come to know about what to expect. Believe me, the Tourism Minister must wake up & fix the problems before it fixes him. Malaysia can attract the well heeled tourist with good manners and the ability to spend more tourist dollars. Just cheating the figures when one states that there was an increase of tourist arrivals. Don’t need cheap jack medical tourists for Indonesia, or Bangla workers coming I to the country……can you honestly say these constitute tourist arrivals ? Wake Up SPAD……you are just a bad joke right now.
That’s why more Malaysian happy to use Grab and UBER.
Go die taxi
What is SPAD mitigation action to stop it ?
With Uber and Grab …atleast you always know how much it is …
Thats why I use Grab/Uber. Not taxi in KL
What about also reimbursing the poor tourists Rm800 they lost? That would be even better.
red taxi tabole pakai langsung….