Uber Driver in Lebanon Arrested in Killing of Rebecca Dykes
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Uber Driver in Lebanon Arrested in Killing of Rebecca Dykes
18, 2017
LONDON — A driver for Uber in Lebanon has been arrested in connection with the killing of a British diplomat in Beirut over the weekend,
and the ride-hailing company said on Monday that it was cooperating with the authorities.
We’re providing consular support to her family & working very closely with Lebanese authorities who are conducting police investigation." In June,
Uber fired a senior executive who had obtained the medical records of a woman who was raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi in December 2014.
Mr. Porter said that Uber in Lebanon used only taxi drivers with commercial licenses, which require government background checks.
In 2014, both Uber and one of its competitors, Lyft, lobbied regulators in cities across the United States to ease
rules requiring the fingerprinting of drivers for background checks, a more thorough but time-consuming process.
The National News Agency of Lebanon said the driver, identified only as Tarek H., had confessed to killing Ms. Dykes.
The ride-hailing company reviewed the suspect’s short employment history, Mr. Porter said, and did not find anything raising safety concerns.
Uber, however, uses a different approach in cities where drivers are required
to be licensed by the taxi commission to drive for the company, like Beirut.
British wrote that The whole embassy is deeply shocked, saddened by this news,
18, 2017
LONDON — A driver for Uber in Lebanon has been arrested in connection with the killing of a British diplomat in Beirut over the weekend,
and the ride-hailing company said on Monday that it was cooperating with the authorities.
We’re providing consular support to her family & working very closely with Lebanese authorities who are conducting police investigation." In June,
Uber fired a senior executive who had obtained the medical records of a woman who was raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi in December 2014.
Mr. Porter said that Uber in Lebanon used only taxi drivers with commercial licenses, which require government background checks.
In 2014, both Uber and one of its competitors, Lyft, lobbied regulators in cities across the United States to ease
rules requiring the fingerprinting of drivers for background checks, a more thorough but time-consuming process.
The National News Agency of Lebanon said the driver, identified only as Tarek H., had confessed to killing Ms. Dykes.
The ride-hailing company reviewed the suspect’s short employment history, Mr. Porter said, and did not find anything raising safety concerns.
Uber, however, uses a different approach in cities where drivers are required
to be licensed by the taxi commission to drive for the company, like Beirut.
British wrote that The whole embassy is deeply shocked, saddened by this news,