NEA to send legal notices to 7 companies under haze law;
Singapore's National Environment Agency has issued legal notices to seven companies linked to recent transboundary haze. These firms are required to extinguish fires on their land and submit prevention plans under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.
Why it matters
This action highlights the enforcement of environmental accountability across borders, impacting regional air quality and corporate responsibility in Southeast Asia.
(From left) Education Minister Desmond Lee, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu and Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau speaking at a press conference at the National Press Centre on Oct 16.
SINGAPORE – Seven companies have been issued legal notices requesting that they stop the burning on their land in Indonesia and submit plans to extinguish the fires.
Investigations so far show that some of the haze blanketing Singapore in recent weeks originated from fires on land owned by these seven companies in Indonesia, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Oct 16.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has sent these companies preventive measure notices under Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA), which targets those responsible for causing or condoning fires.
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