Letters no longer safe|
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

A mail box subjected to vandalism and theft

Nothing is safe nowadays where even postal boxes were also subjected to vandalism and theft. Such acts of vandalism and theft of letters at buildings have worried shop-keepers, office managers, staff, and dwellers at such locations.

Residents of Gadong commercial buildings said such thefts and vandalism on their postal boxes could be averted if their mails are directed to their offices instead of being delivered to the postal boxes.

Unfortunately for them all offices, shops and residents of a building share a postal box located at a convenient spot on the ground floor. They were given one key each to open the postal boxes but however some buildings saw their boxes vandalised and letters taken away. Their letters are now open to the prowling eyes of the public.

Some members of the public who patronised the shops at the building also found their postal boxes as convenient dumping grounds. "Our letters are no longer safe as our postal box had been vandalised. We pooled together to purchase another locked box but the same thing happened," said an office manager located at a building in Gadong.

The residents added that their unlocked postal box could have been scrutinised by interested people as well as their competitors.

They added they did lose important mail. The residents lamented that some of their mails had been opened and left in the boxes after they could not find anything valuable inside. Some dwellers said even personal letters were opened and photographs taken away.

The residents agreed that the matter could be solved amicably if their post was delivered directly to their offices. They added such acts would also provide employment as well as make them have a good night's sleep thinking their letters would arrive safely to them.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin