The interview with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) "went well", the Go-Jek driver who recorded and uploaded online a video of his argument with his passenger told Channel News Asia on Thursday, Feb. 7.

However, scant details are available at this early stage, with little information about what the next course of action is given that the LTA has just interviewed the driver.

Both the driver, Kamaruzzaman Abdul Latiff and LTA told CNA a decision will be made after the authorities have interviewed the passenger as well.

CNA said it is not known if the passenger has been interviewed by LTA yet.

Questions asked

Some of the questions LTA asked Kamaruzzaman included why he recorded the incident, why he uploaded the video on social media, why he wanted to drive to the police station if the trip was "cut short", and what happened before the recording.

Kamaruzzaman previously explained to the media that he went to the police as he was afraid he would be accused of a serious crime, such as kidnapping.

Lawyer's view

A lawyer interviewed by CNA gave some extenuating factors that would justify the driver's actions, where he would need to resort to recording a video of his passenger.

The lawyer, Steve Tan, partner at law firm Rajah & Tann, said the driver can record the passenger if there was consent, or if the passenger had started recording the driver first, who then retaliates by recording the passenger back.

If not, any recording done by the driver of the passenger would have breached the consent requirement under data protection law.

Two parts to issue

There are two parts to the issue now.

The first pertains to recording the footage of the passenger in the first place, and the second pertains to uploading that footage onto Facebook.

It is more difficult to argue the case as to why uploading it would be necessary, according to the lawyer.

The lawyer said: "From the perspective of putting it on Facebook, he shouldn't have done that. Potentially it could amount to a breach of data protection. If anything, he should have handed it over to the authorities, so they can rely on it to conduct an investigation."