Taiwan News
Date: 2016-06-28
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Hundreds of taxis packed the road in front of Taiwan’s law-making body, the Legislative Yuan, on Tuesday to put pressure on the government to crack down on Uber, which is engaging in illegal transportation practices in the country.

The Directorate General of Highways (DGOH) said that it had joined hands with six municipalities in the country beginning from June to step up enforcing the ban on Uber. The enforcement will only continue and not back down, the DGOH added.

According to DGOH statistics, accumulative fines imposed on Uber since September 2014 have reached a total of more than NT$55 million.     [FULL  STORY]