KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has called on the country's authorities to regulate ride-hailing apps which are operating outside the ambit of licensing rules and regulations.

MATTA inbound vice president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said today that continuing to allow Uber and GrabCar drivers to be unregulated is no longer tenable, as legitimate operators incur additional costs by complying with licensing requirements.

“To add insult to injury, licensed operators are more often than not targeted by enforcement agencies such as the Police, Road Transport Department, Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board, Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture,” he said in a statement. Click to read more..