{
  "id": 14668364,
  "title": "S'pore woman, 66, without car received parking fines due to other motorist's error, apology made: HDB",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/spore-woman-66-without-car-received-parking-fines-due-to-other",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T10:22:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/hdb-woman-parking-tickets-error-apologises/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An elderly Singaporean woman, who did not own nor drive a car, received parking fines due to a clerical error made by another motorist. The Housing & Development Board (HDB) acknowledged the situation and stated that the fines were issued to the woman because her former vehicle registration number was mistakenly used to pay for motorcycle parking fees. The woman's husband, surnamed Wang, received at least 19 fines totaling S$1,320 since September last year. HDB explained that the woman was the last registered owner of the vehicle, which was deregistered in October 2000, but the registration number was then used for motorcycle charges. Upon discovering the discrepancy, HDB immediately stopped issuing new fines to the woman and cancelled all outstanding notices. The board also apologized to the woman and clarified that the error made by the other motorist was an honest mistake.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}