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Uber probe on breaking law involves India unit in five-nation review

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An employee walks inside the office of ride-hailing service Uber in Gurugram (Photo: Reuters)

Alnoor Peermohamed Bengaluru
Uber has begun reviewing its operations in India after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a probe to investigate whether the company had broken US laws by bribing foreign officials.

The scrutiny of the India unit as part of a review by Uber, for which it has hired law firm O‘Melveny & Myers LLP, will focus also on suspicious activity in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday. The company has notified US authorities of the payments made by its staff to Indonesian police officers.

Also under the ambit of Uber’s investigation is

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