Pos Malaysia Berhad (d.b.a Pos Malaysia; ; myx: 4634) is a Malaysian national postal and courier service provider[2][3][4] headquartered at the Dayabumi Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]. The company although involved principally in postal and courier service operates as a diversified group involved in aviation, logistics and information technology.[6][7] It was originally established as a government department in the early 1800s before being corporatised in 1992.
The Federated Malay States Posts and Telegraphs Department was formally established on 1 January, 1905 with the merger of postal and telegraph services of Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Pahang.[10]
The Malayan Postal Union was established in 1907 that instituted universal postage rates for the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements and Johor. Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu joined in 1909 when it was ceded to the British from Thailand.[10]
It also started as a medium for the transmission of letters, newspapers, and business documents. The postal service soon evolved into a multiple services provider. It began to venture into parcel delivery, registrations, insurance service, transaction of money (postal order & money order), and investment of funds through the formation of the Post Office Savings Bank .[11][12]
The postal service, then known as Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Tanah Melayu after the independence of Malaya,[13] also began to take over numerous services on behalf of the Government departments. It started to collect payment of electricity bills, sale of dog licences, payment of pensions, sale of television licence and others.
On 1 January, 1992, the Malaysian Postal Services Department was corporatised as Pos Malaysia Berhad.[14] By 28 August, 2001, Pos Malaysia was listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange through a reverse takeover of Phileo Allied Berhad.[15][16]
Postal and courier services is the principal activity of Pos Malaysia.[17] It is the sole provider of mail services in Malaysia in accordance to the national universal postal service mandate under Postal Services Act 2012.[4][18] The company provides postal services through brands such as Pos Laju and Redly Express.
Pos Mel is the postal arm of the firm, its services range from air mail, surface mail, standard mail, non-standard mail, postcards, registered mail and Mel Rakyat, a complimentary aerogramme provided for domestic non-commercial use.[19][20]
In 1986, Pos Malaysia began introducing Expedited Mail Service to international destinations. By 1988, the national postal service introduced Pos Laju as their domestic Courier, Express and Parcel Services arm.[21][22] Pos Laju maintains the widest courier network in the country, supported by more than 600 post offices nationwide.[23] Pos Laju utilises Integrated Parcel Centres such as in the National Mail Centre, Shah Alam and Pos Malaysia International Hub, KLIA.[9]
Pos Laju offers next-day delivery, express and economy sea shipping through Pos Laju Standard and Domestic Sea Parcel Service for East Malaysia.[24][25]
Redly was launched on 9 October, 2025 as the international arm of Pos Malaysia.[26][27][28] It was set up to streamline all international products under one brand separate from Pos Laju.[29]
The brand provides expedited and express delivery to international destinations through Redly Express, Redly Priority and Redly Connect.[28]
Pos Mel is the postal arm of the firm, its services range from air mail, surface mail, standard mail, non-standard mail, postcards, registered mail and Mel Rakyat, a complimentary aerogramme provided for domestic non-commercial use.[19][20]
In 1986, Pos Malaysia began introducing Expedited Mail Service to international destinations. By 1988, the national postal service introduced Pos Laju as their domestic Courier, Express and Parcel Services arm.[21][22] Pos Laju maintains the widest courier network in the country, supported by more than 600 post offices nationwide.[23] Pos Laju utilises Integrated Parcel Centres such as in the National Mail Centre, Shah Alam and Pos Malaysia International Hub, KLIA.[9]
Pos Laju offers next-day delivery, express and economy sea shipping through Pos Laju Standard and Domestic Sea Parcel Service for East Malaysia.[24][25]
Redly was launched on 9 October, 2025 as the international arm of Pos Malaysia.[26][27][28] It was set up to streamline all international products under one brand separate from Pos Laju.[29]
The brand provides expedited and express delivery to international destinations through Redly Express, Redly Priority and Redly Connect.[28]
Pos Logistics is the logistics arm of Pos Malaysia.
In 1984, Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad was incorporated as a haulage company.[30] On 19 January, 1996, Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad was listed in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and rebranded to Konsortium Logistik Berhad.[30][31] On 25 October, 2013, a DRB-HICOM subsidiary acquired Konsortium Logistik from Ekuiti Nasional and Tabung Haji for RM240.97 million.[32][33] After the acquisition of KL Airport Services Sdn. Bhd. by Pos Malaysia, Konsortium Logistik rebranded to Pos Logistics.[30]
Pos Malaysia is involved in ground handling, cargo handling, in-flight catering and aviation engineering through its subsidiary, Pos Aviation Sdn. Bhd.[34][6] SIA Engineering Company is an associate of Pos Aviation's engineering arm, Pos Aviation Engineering Services.[35][36] Aviation is one of the two only profitable segments in Pos Malaysia's portfolio.[37]
World Cargo Airlines is a cargo airline based in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.[38] The airline is a venture between Pos Aviation and Asia Cargo Network.[17]
Pos Digicert, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pos Malaysia, is a certificate authority based in Cyberjaya.[7]
