A man has made a claim that he was "constructively-dismissed" after blowing the whistle on two colleagues.

Constructive dismissals involve changing a person's job-scope or working conditions with the aim of forcing their resignation.

The man made the claim on the Hardwarezone forum under the user name GovWhistleblower (GWB). The forum post included a link to a YouTube video which contains among other things, an audio recording of a conversation that supposedly took place between GWB and his boss, two days after GWB claimed to have blown the whistle on his colleagues over what he thought were irregular purchases made by them.

In the recording, a man can be heard telling someone that the latter will be transferred to a different section. (Update: GWB has said that he was not transferred to a different section, but he was transferred from "one office (a branch at Woodleigh) to the main office (HQ at Newton). Everything else - the department, the section, the unit - remained the same.")

According to the recording, GWB was working in "Meica", a section under PUB's Water Reclamation (Plants) Department. (Update: GWB said that he is from the MEICA section of the Water Supply Network department.)

What he blew the whistle on

GWB said he had reported to his boss that small value purchases involving two of his colleagues had vendors which shared the same registered home address.

Here's what he presented in the YouTube video:

Transferred to different department

GWB claims that two days after submitting his whistle-blowing report, his section head sat him down to explain that he would be transferred to a different department.

GWB claimed that he had indicated to his human resources office earlier in his career, that he did not want to work in the department that his section head was presently transferring him to.

Thus, the section head's insistent action has led GWB to claim that it is effectively a constructive dismissal.

GWB also claimed that documents relating to his whistle-blowing were deleted. Other Hardwarezone forum users point out that his access to the documents may have been revoked, instead of the documents being deleted.

CPIB allegedly involved

GWB claims the incident occurred two years ago and he had reported it to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau:

When other forum users pointed out loopholes and lack of details in his account of things, this was how he responded:

Responses by PUB and CPIB

When contacted by Mothership.sg on the claims made by GWB, PUB responded that they "do not comment on internal staff matters."

Mothership.sg also reached out to CPIB to confirm whether they were investigating such a case.

CPIB replied that they "will not confirm or deny whether any individual or entity is being investigated for corrupt practices or any criminal activities" due to the nature of their work.

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