Singapore ready to strengthen laws against haze-linked firms as 3 more companies issued notices

Cases of companies responsible for the 2015 haze are still only at the "investigation" stage, instead of being prosecuted, despite 11 years having passed. So from PAP's track record, it seems that the companies responsible this time could escape prosecution, at least for another 11 years. When the haze is over, people forget about it, and there is no longer any political pressure on the PAP to act, for fear of angering Indonesia.

This isn't a day 1 issue, this is an ongoing issue for close to 30 years and there are linked large organizations from those 7 named companies. It's big rabbit hole if you look at their board of directors, a few of them hold senior management positions in Singapore government organizations.

Starting in mid-November, the Northeast Monsoon,<br>the wind changes direction by 180 degrees. Blowing from the northeast. It will push the haze far away into the Indian Ocean and the heavy rain will clean up the skies and make it clear again. Because of this, Indonesia is only now asking for help from Singapore/Malaysia. Why didn&#39;t they want to be helped a few months ago? Because they knew Singapore/Malaysia would be breathing clean air soon. When the wind turns from the Southwest to the Northeast around mid-November, the haze disappears, the air becomes clean again in Singapore/Malaysia, not in Indonesia. Therefore they are asking for help. loves to share the burden together.

Publicly listed leadership connected to the named/alleged companies:<br> • Wilmar International — Chairman &amp; CEO Kuok Khoon Hong.​​<br> • Kencana Agri — CEO Albert Maknawi; Executive Chairman Henry Maknawi.​​<br> • Bumitama Agri — Executive Chairman &amp; CEO Lim Gunawan Hariyanto.​​<br> • First Resources — CEO Ciliandra Fangiono; Deputy CEO Fang Zhixiang / Sigih Fangiono.​​<br> • Golden Agri-Resources — Chairman &amp; CEO Franky Oesman Widjaja.​​<br> • Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) — CEO Lee Jia Zhang, effective 1 Oct 2026; group executive chairman Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian.​​<br> • APP / Sinar Mas pulp-paper side — APP chairman Teguh Ganda Wijaya (Oei Tjie Goan); control of APP’s holding companies moved to his son Jackson Wijaya, but reports said Jackson would not take an APP leadership role.

Singapore’s NEA says satellite and meteorological tracing linked part of the haze to fires on land owned/occupied by seven Indonesian companies in Sumatra: PT Bumi Andalas Permai, PT Bumi Mekar Hijau, PT SBA Andalas Wood Industries, PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng, PT Sumatera Alam Anugerah, PT Hutan Lestari Raya, and PT Bangkanesia.​​<br>Context: three of them—Bumi Andalas Permai, Bumi Mekar Hijau and SBA Andalas Wood Industries—had also received notices in the 2015 haze crisis, and Singapore says those cases remain open.​​ Bumi Andalas Permai and Bumi Mekar Hijau are listed as suppliers to APP Group, but APP says its suppliers have a “zero-burning policy.”​​<br>Separately, Greenpeace says its Aug–1 Oct 2026 haze-source dataset links Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK)—via PT Menteng Jaya Sawit Perdana—and four Singapore-linked concessions: PT Damai Agro Sejahtera (Bumitama Agri), PT Kayung Agro Lestari, PT Mitra (First Resources/Fangiono links), and PT Arjuna Utama Sawit (First Borneo Plantations).​​ KLK responded that most fires at PT MJSP originated beyond its concession, were put out, and that it has a zero-burning policy.​​<br>Singapore Exchange also queried Indonesia-facing plantation firms: Kencana Agri and Bumitama Agri reported fires spreading into concessions they manage; Wilmar said only small areas were affected and fires originated outside its estates; Golden Agri-Resources said it was not aware of evidence implicating its operations.​​ Indonesian police have also named nine palm-oil companies as suspects, but publicly available reports say the companies were not identified.