Officials raid Uber鈥檚 Guangzhou office
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THE Guangzhou office of taxi-hailing app Uber was raided on Thursday and a number of mobile phones seized, an official in the southern Chinese city said yesterday.
The company is suspected of allowing private car owners to offer taxi services, the official with the city’s traffic authority said. The raid was part of a comprehensive crackdown on illegal taxi services by private drivers, he added, and Uber had not been specifically targeted.
Unlicensed private cars are banned from offering taxi services in China, but demand has fueled the popularity of illegal service providers, often sparking anger among licensed taxi drivers complaining of loss of business.
In January, the Ministry of Transport ordered app developers to exclude private cars from their platforms and ensure that all vehicles are owned by taxi or car-hire companies.
The Uber service was still available in Guangzhou yesterday. A spokesman said its services had not been affected, and they were cooperating with authorities.
While taxi drivers praised Thursday’s raid, some members of the public complained about a lack of legal taxi services.
The city’s transport commission said it had noted the failure of taxi services to meet demand and said it was developing new, legal Internet-based services.
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