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Singapore charges firm and boss over sinkhole incident

Singapore has charged Ohin Construction and its managing director, Ivan Ong Khiaw Yang, with multiple offenses related to a sinkhole incident on Tanjong Katong Road South. The company's construction work allegedly caused the sinkhole, which swallowed a car last July. Ohin Construction faces eight charges under the Building Control Act and Workplace Safety and Health Act, with Ong and six others also facing charges. Separately, the national water agency PUB and Surbana Jurong Consultants received conditional warnings. AI

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Singapore charges firm and boss over sinkhole incident

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · CNA ·

    Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses

    Ohin Construction, its managing director and several employees were charged on Thursday over alleged lapses linked to the sinkhole that appeared in Singapore’s Tanjong Katong neighbourhood in July last year. The company faces eight charges, mostly under the Building Control Act, …