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  "id": 17521254,
  "title": "Haze probe: Five Singapore-registered companies agree to engage assessors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/haze-probe-five-singapore-registered-companies-agree-to-engage",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-01T02:41:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Singapore",
    "slug": "the-business-times-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/haze-probe-five-singapore-registered-companies-agree-engage-assessors"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Five Singapore-registered companies have agreed to cooperate with a specialist panel that will examine and hold them accountable for potential connections to regional fires that led to transboundary haze in Indonesia. The National Environment Agency (NEA) met representatives from Wilmar International, Golden Agri-Resources, APP Company, APP Company (China), Indofood Agri Resources, and Kencana Agri, who have all agreed to engage assessors and participate in the assessment process. The companies' voluntary participation will help establish the facts and determine if they have any involvement in or connection with the fires in Indonesia that caused or contributed to transboundary haze affecting Singapore.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Haze probe: Five Singapore-registered companies agree to engage assessors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/haze-probe-five-singapore-registered-companies-agree-to-engage",
        "published": "2026-10-31T14:27:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times",
        "title": "Haze probe: Five Singapore-registered companies agree to engage assessors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/haze-probe-five-singapore-registered-companies-agree-to-engage-17419944",
        "published": "2026-10-31T14:53:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Independent Singapore",
        "title": "NEA, MinLaw: 7 members appointed to the Panel on Transboundary Haze to probe companies for the fires causing haze in Singapore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/nea-minlaw-7-members-appointed-to-the-panel-on-transboundary-haze-to",
        "published": "2026-10-31T22:30:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Five Singapore firms agree to independent scrutiny over links to Indonesia fires, haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/five-singapore-firms-agree-to-independent-scrutiny-over-links-to",
        "published": "2026-11-01T03:20:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}