JAKARTA: Over 400 Indonesian Go-Jek riders demonstrated outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday (Sep 3), demanding a public apology ...
JAKARTA: Over 400 Indonesian Go-Jek riders demonstrated outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday , demanding a public apology from the founder of a Malaysian taxi company for describing the country and its people as"poor".
"This is a poor country. We are a rich country. If Indonesia’s youths are any good, they would not leave their country to look for a job," he said in a video.last month, following a meeting between Go-Jek founder Mr Nadiem Makarim and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Transport Minister Anthony Loke.Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who was also in attendance, said motorbike ride-hailing would create hundreds of thousands of jobs for motorcyclists.
Over in Bandung, Go-Jek drivers also gathered outside the West Java provincial government offices on Tuesday to protest,They carried placards that read: "We strongly condemn Shamsubahrin Ismail for insulting the Indonesian people and their government." He said this in response to questions on why the government had granted the green light to Indonesian-based Go-Jek instead of Malaysian-owned Dego Ride, which was barred from operating in 2017 due to safety concerns."Many seem to be confused over this issue. The Cabinet has not given any approval to Go-Jek, but only allowed motorcycle e-hailing or motorcycle taxi services to be introduced," he said.
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