Go-Jek will not take action against driver accused by his Chinese passenger of kidnapping her

He thanked Go-Jek for checking in on him.

Sulaiman Daud | February 02, 2019, 06:12 PM

The Go-Jek driver who was accused by his Chinese passenger of kidnapping her -- which launched a thousand memes -- announced some good news on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Posting on Facebook in the Go-Jek Singapore Community group, the driver, Kamaruzzaman bin Abdul Latiff, said that no action will be taken against him by the company.

Thanked Go-Jek

The 49-year-old driver said that a Go-Jek representative had called him to inform him that they had conducted an investigation and reviewed the video he shared with them.

Kamaruzzaman also commended Go-Jek for being helpful during this period of time and for checking in on him to see how he is doing.

No LTA updates yet

However, Kamaruzzaman has not received any updates from the Land Transport Authority or whether it will be taking any action against him.

Any action by LTA most likely pertains to the driver's use of a video recording device to capture the incident and posting it online.

Despite the matter not being officially resolved, Kamaruzzaman wrote: "To every one that given me a moral support...from deep bottom of my heart..THANK YOU VERY MUCH."

You can see his post below:

Screen shot from Go-Jek Singapore Community Facebook group.

Rumours persist

Earlier on Saturday afternoon at 12.50pm, a post by The Temasek Review Facebook page claimed that Kamaruzzaman may face suspension by LTA.

The post said:

Our poor Abang Go-Jek driver may be investigated by LTA following and faces possible suspension. Go-Jek has reassured him today no action will be taken against him after they reviewed the video following a complaint lodged by the passenger Jovina Choi.

Abang has three children and is the sole breadwinner of his family. The loss of income during the period of possible suspension will hit his finances hard.

Under LTA regulations, PHVs are not allowed to have inward facing cameras and recording devices and Abang has breached the Road Traffic Act too by uploading the video of the altercation and sharing his conversation with the passenger publicly.

Is this fair? Can one hurl a baseless accusation against another of committing a serious crime publicly without any repercussions? Is it right to deprive of one honest hardworking Singaporean of his livelihood just because you do not want to pay $1.50 ERP?

The post included a screen shot of a text conversation with Kamaruzzaman.

Blue text box: Hello brother, greetings. I want to ask you, were you terminated by Go-Jek because of the hoo-ha over the Chinese girl?

White text box: No, but must wait for LTA lah. Because our rules say we cannot take a video of our rider

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Top image adapted from Go-Jek Singapore Community Facebook group and Go-Jek's Facebook page.