NEA serves haze notices on 20 companies over Indonesian fires
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Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has served notices on 20 companies, including ten Singapore-registered firms, over fires in Indonesia that may have contributed to haze in Singapore.
From the original report
NEA sent Preventive Measure Notices (PMNs) under Section 9 of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) to seven Indonesian companies on 16 October over fires in Sumatra. It sent PMNs to three more on Oct 19 over fires in Kalimantan.
The notices require the ten companies to deploy firefighters to put out or contain fires on their land, stop any burning, and submit plans to extinguish the fires or prevent them from spreading or recurring.
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- Oct 24, 2026
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