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Chinese truck tracker goes offline after user numbers surge in wake of cooking oil scandal

  • Web users have been trying to trace the movements of trucks alleged to have been used to transport both fuel and food products

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Media reports have said trucks were being used to carry both fuel and food without being properly cleaned. Photo: The Beijing News
Vanessa Caiin Shanghai
A Chinese web platform tracking truck movements has stopped sharing information after visitor numbers surged in the wake of the cooking oil scandal.
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The platform, Fahuobang, had a feature that allows users to track the routes taken by trucks over the previous six months, but it went down earlier this week and as of Friday afternoon it was still unavailable.

On Thursday, its customer service told 21st Century Business Herald that the function is undergoing maintenance ahead of an upgrade and it was not known when it would be restored.

The Post’s calls to the same service line went unanswered.

The site was designed primarily for logistics firms and the mobile app allowed cargo owners to pay to track a specific truck.

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But this week it saw visitor numbers spiking as members of the public started trying to follow the routes taken by trucks alleged to have been used to transport both fuel and cooking oil.

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