Postman Who Discarded Letters is a Special Needs Individual & Has Been Warned

I, too, like many other frustrated Singaporeans, get really annoyed when my mail doesn’t reach me like it’s supposed to.

So when I first read about there being postmen who actually dump letters and never delivering them, I felt so sorry for the recipients waiting on the other side, unbeknownst that their mail is just lost in the great abyss now.

But alas, it’s the messenger that has to take responsibility for it.

Dumped Mail

In the heart of Singpost’s latest scandal, a postman was arrested back in January for discarding stacks of letters in rubbish bins in Ang Mo Kio.

To keep you up to speed if you were lazy to read the full story that we wrote about, Facebook user Alyce Kathlyn had alerted everyone of the situation after she posted photos of stacks of unopened mail that she found in rubbish bins around Ang Mo Kio, which appeared to be dumped by the postman. The letters included important ones from governmental agencies such as LTA and CHAS.

Following that, SingPost issued apologies and began to look into the matter, reporting the case to the police.

Case Closed

IMDA has now finally completed investigations after 4 months and revealed in a statement that the postman was indeed found to have breached the Postal Services Act.

The postman was also allegedly a special needs individual who had expressed remorse for his actions and was said to have been fully cooperative during this time.

IMDA has issued a warning to him in consideration of these details.

Satisfactory Performance

According to SingPost, the postman had been working with them “satisfactorily” for more than three years and had not caused any major issues even during festive peaks. His status as a special needs individual was also unknown to them.

His employment was terminated after the incident but SingPost has allegedly offered him his position back after understanding his situation, to which it isn’t known if he chose to take up the offer or not.

Well, I guess as long as he’s sincerely sorry for his deed…

IMDA also issued a strict warning to SingPost for compromising mail integrity and security.

Hopefully, we’ll start to see real change in SingPost’s delivery services now, for there hasn’t been much every single time they said they would improve after an incident like this occurs.

I’ll still never get that letter from my friend in Malaysia. Sad.