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Driver for China's Uber equivalent arrested for murder

Xinhua, May 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

A driver for Chinese ride hailing app Didi Chuxing in the southern city of Shenzhen has been arrested for robbing and murdering a passenger, local police said on Monday.

The 24-year-old suspect, surnamed Pan, was registered as a driver for Didi Hitch -- a hailing service that matches drivers and passengers who share similar routes.

According to police, Pan confessed to driving the victim, a 24-year-old female teacher at a local primary school, to a remote area and robbing her and murdering her on the night of May 2.

Didi said the car was registered on its platform with an authentic ID, driver's license and plate, but it bore a falsified license plate on the day of the murder. Endi