Photographer who lost equipment worth $10,000 retrieves it with netizens' help
Zhuang Binghao, 39, told Shin Min Daily News that at around 8pm on June 26, he picked up his car from Marina Square after finishing work at the nearby PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay.
However, he mistakenly drove off without his work bag containing two cameras, camera lenses and photos from the day's assignment.
Mr Zhuang only realised this upon returning home. Despite hurrying back to the car park and enquiring at the mall's lost and found office, he could not find his work bag.
As he had not made a police report, he was unable to check the car park's CCTV footage but did not leave until around 1am. He also checked his car's dashcam and whether any nearby vehicle dashcams could have captured useful footage.
"The most important thing in there was the photos I shot that day. I felt really bad at the time. I thought I couldn't get it back. The stuff in there was worth five figures," said Mr Zhuang.
Online appeal for help
After posting an online appeal for help, a woman contacted Mr Zhuang to inform him that her friend had picked up the bag. The friend had made a Facebook post in search of the owner, but it was not visible to all due to its privacy settings.
"I was really lucky. The other person had more than 200 friends on Facebook, and one of them happened to see my post and notified me."
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