{
  "id": 15617730,
  "title": "Singapore issues haze notices to 3 more Indonesian firms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/singapore-issues-haze-notices-to-3-more-indonesian-firms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T14:11:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/10/19/singapore-issues-haze-notices-to-3-more-indonesian-firms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore's government issued haze notices to three additional Indonesian firms, bringing the total to six, as it intensifies efforts to address its worst air pollution in over a decade. The firms, PT Buana Megatama Jaya, PT Mananjung Hayak, and PT Baratama Putra Perkasa, are suspected of being involved in haze-creating fires, as indicated by smoke originating from concessions they hold in Kalimantan. Singapore's National Environment Agency announced the notices under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, while the firms have not yet commented. Singapore and Malaysia have been struggling with toxic smog from Indonesian wildfires, exacerbated by dry conditions linked to a powerful El Niño weather pattern. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has vowed to investigate and take legal action against companies found responsible. Singapore can impose fines of up to S$100,000 per day of pollution under the law.",
  "summary": "PT Buana Megatama Jaya, PT Mananjung Hayak and PT Baratama Putra Perkasa will be notified under Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
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  "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."
}