Woman robbed on Uber ride
SERDANG: A pregnant sales assistant who booked an Uber ride after work was robbed at knifepoint by the driver’s accomplice.
What was supposed to be a 30-minute drive from Mid Valley to Puchong turned into an hour-long terror ride for 26-year-old Wong Mei Yan.
Recounting her experience, Wong said she left work early as she was feeling unwell.
“My ride arrived around 9.30pm. I only took note of the car’s registration plate and did not notice the driver’s low-star ranking or the man in the front passenger seat,” Wong said. But she did notice that the car had tinted windows and a foul cigarette smell.
She said she only realised there was another passenger, whom she described as “small and thin”, in the front seat when the driver started chatting with him.
“It was hard to hear them because they also had the radio on loudly,” she said.
Wong said she did not speak to the driver until she realised that he had taken a different route despite being given directions.
Somewhere near the One Puchong Business Centre, the front passenger turned around holding a knife and told her to hand over her valuables.
“I became frightened and started crying and begged them not to hurt me because I’m pregnant,” she said.
After Wong was robbed, the driver kept on driving until he reached Koi Kinrara, about five kilometres away, where he dropped her off in the middle of the road at 10.20pm.
Wong waved down passers-by and it was sales executive Eddy Ong who came to her aid. He took her to a police station to report the robbery.
Ong related Wong’s harrowing experience on social media which went viral.
When contacted, Serdang deputy OCPD Supt Lee Wai Leong said police were investigating the case.
“We have gathered information on the duo and we are tracing them,” he said.
Uber said it could not comment on the incident as investigations were ongoing.
“We are cooperating with the authorities and would like to assure the public that Uber takes safety very seriously,” it said in a statement.
Woman robbed on Uber ride suffers miscarriage
PETALING JAYA: The woman, who was robbed by a Uber driver on her way home to Puchong on May 21, has suffered a miscarriage.
Sales assistant Wong Mei Yan, 26, who was over a month into her pregnancy, told a press conference Saturday, that she suffered a miscarriage about a week after the incident.
She said she would take legal action against the share ride firm for emotional distress and loss as a result of the incident.
Wong had booked a ride home through the e-hailing app at around 9.30pm.
She claimed that she did not notice that there was another passenger in the front seat or that the driver had a low ranking.
She only noticed a “small thin man” when the driver started talking to him.
Wong claimed that she did not speak to the driver until he started going the wrong direction despite her giving directions.
When they reached the One Puchong business centre, the passenger seated in front held a knife at Wong and forced her to surrender her valuables.
Wong pleaded not to be harmed as she said she was pregnant.
They dropped her off at Koi Kinrara and was helped by a motorist who later took her to the police station.
Police arrested the driver at the R&R Pagoh in Muar, Johor on May 24.
Source: The Star Online
Uber driver flashes, then takes selfie on woman’s phone
GEORGE TOWN: Police have arrested a Vietnamese woman who was the victim of a Uber driver who allegedly flashed his private parts at her.
She is being investigated for beating him up with a few other men.
Northeast district police chief ACP Anuar Omar said the 43-year-old woman was brought to the Patani Road police station at noon. He declined to comment further.
It was reported yesterday that the Uber driver was arrested after flashing his private parts at a woman passenger.
A group of men later assaulted the Uber driver.
This morning, police remanded the 29-year-old Uber driver, who was seen crying, and three other men for a week at the Magistrate’s Court here.
The other men were believed involved in beating up the Uber driver. A video recording of the incident was spread on WhatsApp.
Police investigators said yesterday this was the second time the woman was meeting the man.
She first hailed the Uber service outside her home in Air Itam to go to George Town on Tuesday at 4pm.
During the trip, she told investigators the driver showed her his genitals and ordered her to touch it.
She told investigators she held the penis of the man “for a second” and let it go.
The Uber driver also took a selfie on the woman’s phone right after.
According to the woman, the Uber driver then harassed her by repeatedly calling her at night.
The woman then called her friends for help. They in turn advised her to inform her husband.
Yesterday, the 37-year-old husband and his Vietnamese wife allegedly called up the Uber driver to meet up.
As soon as the driver arrived in his Proton Saga, he was allegedly kicked and beaten up by a group of men armed with baseball bats.
The Uber driver told police he was innocent and had been slandered by the Vietnamese women.
A urine test on the driver was negative for drug use and he did not have any previous criminal conviction.
The Uber driver is being investigated for assaulting or using criminal force on a person with intent to outrage the modesty of the woman.
The woman, her husband and friends are being investigated for possession of weapons during a riot.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
