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Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses
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Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses Ohin Construction’s building works allegedly caused a sinkhole to open up along Tanjong Katong Road South last July, swallowing a car The company faces eight charges, mostly under the Building Control Act, Workplace Safety and Health Act and Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) regulations. Its managing director, 64-year-old Ivan Ong Khiaw Yang, and six others were also charged in relation to the case....
Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses
Ohin Construction’s building works allegedly caused a sinkhole to open up along Tanjong Katong Road South last July, swallowing a car
The company faces eight charges, mostly under the Building Control Act, Workplace Safety and Health Act and Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) regulations.
Its managing director, 64-year-old Ivan Ong Khiaw Yang, and six others were also charged in relation to the case.
A car fell into the sinkhole when it opened up along Tanjong Katong Road South on July 26, 2025, although the female driver was rescued by workers from a nearby construction site.
The area was near a PUB worksite where a 16m-deep shaft was being built to connect existing sewer lines.
National water agency PUB and Surbana Jurong Consultants were separately given conditional warnings under the Building Control Act.