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About 120 Gojek private-hire drivers will be suspended from today for allegedly cheating the company by using modified versions of the Gojek mobile application.
Gojek said it was doing this following an expose by The New Paper in July last year.
TNP had reported these drivers each paid about $300 for modified versions of the ride-hailing apps to help them bypass verification, fake their location, cancel jobs without being penalised and, in some cases, view private customer information.
Mr Lien Choong Luen, the general manager of Gojek Singapore, said such apps didn’t work and compromised the safety of riders and drivers.
Last week, he told TNP: “Simply put, mod apps don’t deliver on their claims.
“But what’s most concerning is that they pose a serious security risk to users.”
TNP understands that tests on these modified apps revealed they do not deliver on their claims to increase the number of jobs drivers get, or prevent their acceptance rate from falling when they cancel bookings.
Instead, the apps make it appear as such on the drivers’ phones, and have only a cosmetic effect.
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