Suspicious Mails Reported to Police by Postal Services

Debated in Parliament on 20 Nov 2018.

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From 2015 to the first half of 2018, only one report of a suspicious mail stopped by postal services was made to the Police, involving a parcel with foul-smelling liquid in 2016, which was assessed as posing no threat and resulted in no arrests.
Standard operating procedure requires postal services like SingPost to refer suspicious mails to the Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for threat assessment and containment if necessary.
The single reported case was handled by Police and SCDF, who determined no malicious intent, highlighting the existing framework for timely reporting and response to such incidents.

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Joan Pereira

Ms Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the last three years, how many reports of suspicious mails stopped by postal services have been reported to the Police; (b) whether there has been any person apprehended; and (c) what measures are put in place to ensure the timely reporting of such detected mails.

K Shanmugam

When a suspicious mail is discovered, the standard operating procedure is for SingPost to refer it to the Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), who will respond to assess the threat, and contain it if necessary.

From 2015 to the first half of 2018, there was a single case of suspicious mail that was stopped by SingPost. In that case, which took place in 2016, a parcel containing foul-smelling liquid was detected. Police and SCDF responded and determined that there was no threat and no malicious intent. There were consequently no arrests.

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From 2015 to the first half of 2018, only one report of a suspicious mail stopped by postal services was made to the Police, involving a parcel with foul-smelling liquid in 2016, which was assessed as posing no threat and resulted in no arrests.
Standard operating procedure requires postal services like SingPost to refer suspicious mails to the Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for threat assessment and containment if necessary.
The single reported case was handled by Police and SCDF, who determined no malicious intent, highlighting the existing framework for timely reporting and response to such incidents.

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Suspicious Mails Reported to Police by Postal Services

Debated in Parliament on 20 Nov 2018.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

From 2015 to the first half of 2018, only one report of a suspicious mail stopped by postal services was made to the Police, involving a parcel with foul-smelling liquid in 2016, which was assessed as posing no threat and resulted in no arrests.
Standard operating procedure requires postal services like SingPost to refer suspicious mails to the Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for threat assessment and containment if necessary.
The single reported case was handled by Police and SCDF, who determined no malicious intent, highlighting the existing framework for timely reporting and response to such incidents.

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Joan Pereira

K Shanmugam

Summary written by AI (learn more)

From 2015 to the first half of 2018, only one report of a suspicious mail stopped by postal services was made to the Police, involving a parcel with foul-smelling liquid in 2016, which was assessed as posing no threat and resulted in no arrests.
Standard operating procedure requires postal services like SingPost to refer suspicious mails to the Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for threat assessment and containment if necessary.
The single reported case was handled by Police and SCDF, who determined no malicious intent, highlighting the existing framework for timely reporting and response to such incidents.

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Suspicious Mails Reported to Police by Postal Services

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Joan Pereira

K Shanmugam

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