Ohin Construction, its managing director and several employees were charged on Thursday over alleged lapses linked to the sinkhole that appeared in Singapore’s Tanjong Katong neighbourhood in July last year.
The company faces eight charges, mostly under the Building Control Act, Workplace Safety and Health Act and Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) regulations.
Its managing director, 64-year-old Ivan Ong Khiaw Yang, and six others were also charged in relation to the case.
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A car fell into the sinkhole when it opened up along Tanjong Katong Road South on July 26, 2025, although the female driver was rescued by workers from a nearby construction site.
The area was near a PUB worksite where a 16m-deep shaft was being built to connect existing sewer lines.
National water agency PUB and Surbana Jurong Consultants were separately given conditional warnings under the Building Control Act.
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