NEA issues legal notices under haze law to 10 Singapore-based companies including Asia Pulp & Paper

Failing to comply could result in the representatives of the firms being fined up to $5,000, jailed up to one month, or both.

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Published Oct 23, 2026, 09:00 PM

Updated Oct 23, 2026, 09:03 PM

SINGAPORE – Singapore is widening its probe into companies linked to the haze-causing fires in Indonesia, and has issued legal notices to another 10 firms – all of them based here – asking them to provide more information on their links to fires in Indonesia.

In a statement issued in the evening of Oct 23, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said the 10 companies it is taking action against under Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) include:

Asia Pulp & Paper Company

Asia Pulp & Paper Company (China)

Golden Agri International

Indofood Agri Resources

TSH Global Plantation

Wilmar International

The firms listed are in the palm oil or forestry business, and either own land concessions in Indonesia, or have related companies with such concessions.

The NEA’s latest requests for information from the 10 Singapore firms will carry penalties for non-response. Under Section 10 of the Act, representatives from the non-compliant firms can face a fine of up to $5,000, a jail term of up to one month, or both.

This follows NEA’s earlier move to issue preventive measures notices to 10 Indonesian companies.

Those notices – issued under Section 9 of the Act – had asked the Indonesian firms for more information on how they were preventing or suppressing fires on their lands. There are no penalties for firms involved if they do not respond to these preventive measures requests.

Introduced in September 2014, the THPA targets those responsible for causing or condoning fires, and can be activated if the haze causes the Pollutant Standards Index, which measures air quality in Singapore, to stay in the unhealthy range in any part of the island for 24 hours or more.

Those guilty under the Act can be fined up to $100,000 a day, with a total capped at $2 million.

The current haze is caused by fires raging on forests and plantations in Indonesia – primarily Kalimantan and Sumatra.

The blazes are sparked by slash-and-burn practices to clear land. Such practices are illegal in Indonesia, but are still carried out as it is cheaper than removing trees using excavators.

Singapore on Oct 16 first took action under its haze law when it issued notices to the first seven pulpwood companies, which are based in Sumatra.

Another three firms in Kalimantan – two pulpwood firms, and one oil palm – were issued the preventive measure notices on Oct 19.

Aqil Hamzah is a transport journalist at The Straits Times. He is also interested in issues related to crime and technology.

Shabana Begum is a correspondent, with a focus on environment and science, at The Straits Times.

National Environment Agency

不遵守规定可能会导致公司代表被处以最高 5000 美元的罚款、最高一个月的监禁，或两者并罚。

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更新于2026年10月23日晚上9:03

新加坡——新加坡正在扩大对与印尼烟霾引发的火灾有关的公司的调查范围，并已向另外 10 家公司（全部位于新加坡）发出法律通知，要求它们提供更多关于其与印尼火灾之间联系的信息。

新加坡国家环境局（NEA）于10月23日晚间发表声明称，根据新加坡《跨境烟霾污染法》（THPA），该局将对以下10家公司采取行动：

亚洲浆纸业公司

亚洲浆纸业公司（中国）

金农国际

印尼食品农业资源

TSH全球种植园

丰益国际

所列公司均从事棕榈油或林业业务，要么在印度尼西亚拥有土地特许权，要么拥有拥有此类特许权的相关公司。

新加坡国家环境局（NEA）最新向这10家新加坡公司发出的信息索取请求，若不予回应，将面临处罚。根据该法第10条，不合规公司的代表可能面临​​最高5000新元的罚款、最高一个月的监禁，或两者并罚。

此前，NEA已向10家印尼公司发出预防措施通知。

这些依据该法第9条发出的通知要求印尼公司提供更多信息，说明它们如何预防或扑灭其土地上的火灾。如果相关公司不回应这些预防措施的要求，则不会受到处罚。

2014 年 9 月推出的《新加坡烟雾危害法》旨在追究那些造成或纵容火灾的责任人，如果烟雾导致新加坡任何地区的污染物标准指数（衡量新加坡空气质量的指标）连续 24 小时或更长时间处于不健康范围内，该法即可启动。

根据该法案，违法者每天最高可被处以 10 万美元的罚款，罚款总额上限为 200 万美元。

目前的雾霾是由印度尼西亚（主要是加里曼丹岛和苏门答腊岛）森林和种植园的火灾造成的。

这些火灾是由刀耕火种的土地清理方式引发的。这种做法在印度尼西亚是非法的，但由于比用挖掘机砍伐树木更便宜，因此仍然有人这样做。

10 月 16 日，新加坡首次根据其雾霾法采取行动，向位于苏门答腊的七家纸浆木材公司发出通知。

10 月 19 日，加里曼丹岛另外三家公司——两家纸浆木材公司和一家油棕公司——收到了预防措施通知。

阿基尔·哈姆扎是《海峡时报》的交通记者。他也对犯罪和科技相关议题感兴趣。

沙巴娜·贝古姆是《海峡时报》的记者，主要关注环境和科学领域。

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