The Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) will cooperate with government agencies such as the Malaysia Competition Commission and relevant non-governmental organisations to ensure the rights of consumers are protected following the Uber-Grab merger in Southeast Asia.

In a statement today, Spad stressed that the stand of the commission in regulating the e-hailing sector did not change following the exercise which saw Uber merging with Grab in Southeast Asia.

"The commission will continue to monitor and regulate the e-hailing sector based on the existing legal framework and policies so that the industry could develop with healthy competition while maintaining good operation safety, as well as ensuring the welfare of passengers and drivers is protected,” the commission said.

According to Spad, the body will ensure the taxi and e-hailing industry would operate and compete fairly under the Taxi Industry Transformation Programme (TITP) aimed at improving the level of professionalism and the competitiveness of conventional taxi.

Yesterday, Grab Malaysia country head, Sean Goh said the merger between Uber and Grab in Southeast Asia would drive the company to provide even better services to the people.

-- Bernama