when faulty software made it look as though they had taken money. now they ve discovered they were also being classified and logged along racial lines, using outdated and racist language. an internal document, which has been made public after a freedom of information request, shows fraud investigators were asked to give all potential suspects a number relating to racial background. the number categories include the terms: chinese/japanese types, dark skinned european types and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. baljit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he s been through. his son said his family were disappointed
managers were wrongly prosecuted when faulty software made it look as though they had taken money. now they ve discovered they were also being classified and logged along racial lines, using outdated and racist language. an internal document, which has been made public after a freedom of information request, shows fraud investigators were asked to give all potential suspects a number relating to racial background. the number categories include the terms: chinese/japanese types, dark skinned european types and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. baljit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he s been through. his son said his family were disappointed but not
the terms chinese/japanese types, dark skinned european types, and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. bajit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he s been through. his son said his family were disappointed but not surprised by the document. it was quite disturbing, and itjust goes to show that the post office has had a rotten culture at its core for a number of years and this information wasn t made available by the post office. it came about because of campaigners and people fighting forjustice from the post office, so this is how it came to light, otherwise it would have been buried for a long time. a spokesperson said:
and logged along racial lines, using outdated and racist language. an internal document, which has been made public after a freedom of information request, shows fraud investigators were asked to give all potential suspects a number relating to racial background. the numbered categories include the terms chinese/japanese types, dark skinned european types, and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. bajit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. bajit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he s been through. his son said his family were disappointed but not surprised by the document. it was quite disturbing, and itjust goes to show that the post office has had
forjustice for years. this weekend, they discovered they had also been logged according to their racial profile. between 2008 and 2011, investigators were asked to classify potential suspects according to their racial profile. the category terms included chinese/japanese types, dark skinned european types, and an offensive colonial word used to describe people of african descent. that s no way to identify someone, is it, really? that s disgusting. ijust feel sometimes that there is too much labelling going around. just say black or white. baljit sethi is of the post office victims who lost the business he ran with his wife. he now finds it too traumatic to discuss. his son said his family were not surprised to read the document. it was quite disturbing. and itjust goes to show