Summoned to meeting with Singapore leaders, top honchos of 10 firms pledge to cooperate with haze probes
Singapore leaders met with executives from ten companies to discuss haze probes. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister K Shanmugam, and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu attended the meeting. The government explained proposed changes to the law. These amendments would make it a crime for firms to refuse independent assessments. Companies could also face charges for failing to cooperate fully with investigators.
In a rare meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister K Shanmugam and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu, Singapore outlined proposed legislative amendments that will make it an offence for companies to refuse independent assessments or fail to cooperate fully with investigators.