Opening of mails deplored
PILFERAGE of mails at the Philippine Postal Office appears to be rampant again.
Three victims complained to the PPO here that the mails delivered to them were opened that the money that they expected inside their mails were missing.
Rizalyn Okuya, 24, widow, told the PUNCH that the cash in Japanese currency sent to her by her mother- in -law in Japan was stolen.
“My mother-in-law sent me 10 “Lapads” (10,000 yen bill) through the International Postal Service in Tokyo Japan, but when I opened it, there were only two “lapads” left inside the envelope,” said Okuya.
Okuya said the eight ‘lapads’ missing amounted to P40, 000.
Reached for comment, Diosdado Garcia, PhilPost chief, here said that sending money thru Express Mail Service or EMS is illegal.
He said inserting money or things of value in any letter or envelope is not a safe practice and is expressly discouraged and prohibited by Philpost.
Garcia suspected the opening of the mails might have happened at the Japan Postal office from where mails were sorted out before these were sent to the Philippines.
Okuya said the money was intended to buy the plane tickets for herself and her child to Japan this August to attend the first death anniversary of her Japanese husband.
“But to my shock, the envelope which was delivered to me by the PhilPost was already opened,” said Okuya.
Garcia also opined that there is also a possibility this was opened at the Manila Postal office where mails being received from abroad are also being sorted out before being sent to its final destination.
While Garcia dispelled suspicions that the money could have been stolen at the Dagupan City Postal Office, he said he will forward the complaint to the PhilPost central office in Manila for a full investigation of the complaint.
He recalled that there were same incidents in the past where letters were already opened but they could not act on it since it was illegal.
“We all know that it is illegal to insert money in the letters and sent it thru EMS but I think it is also illegal to open our letters,” Okuya maintained. – AQL
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