Johor cops dismiss claims of abduction by e-hailing driver

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They say the driver deviated from the original route due to road maintenance, causing the passenger to jump out of the moving car in fright.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/18/johor-cops-dismiss-claims-of-abduction-by-e-hailing-driver/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Abduction #EHailingDriver #false

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00:00Johor police have clarified that there was no attempted kidnapping involving

00:07an e-hailing driver and a passenger as widely claimed on social media.

00:12Johor Bahru Uttara Police Chief M.S.

00:15Balveer Singh said they received a report from the driver who picked up a female

00:19passenger in Taman Saroja to take her to Kip Mall, Tampoy.

00:24Due to road maintenance, the driver had to deviate from the original route and head

00:28towards Taman Perling to make a U-turn on Jalan Prisci Siran Perling, he said in a

00:32statement today.

00:34When the passenger noticed the route change, she jumped out of the moving car, he added.

00:39Balveer said police investigations found no criminal elements in the incident and

00:43advised drivers to improve communication with passengers regarding route changes.

00:49However, he urged passengers to stay vigilant, avoid hasty actions, and

00:53communicate with their e-hailing drivers or authorities if they are worried.

00:58If they are still concerned about their safety, then they should

01:01contact the police, he added.

01:03The social media post earlier this week falsely claimed that the e-hailing driver

01:07had attempted to kidnap the passenger, disabled his location tracking, and

01:11switched to offline mode in the app.

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