12 August 2008
Real estate company charged with illegal use of private apartment
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Real estate company PNL Real Estate was charged on Tuesday
with the unauthorised change of a residential apartment into a
workers' dormitory.
The premises - at Public Mansion, 432 Balestier Road - was also in
breach of Section 30(1) of the Fire Safety Act.
The offence came to light in June this year.
Using wooden partitions, the 120.77 square metre apartment had been
separated into 32 narrow cubicles. Close to 100 foreign workers were
found living in the apartment.
Company representative, General Manager Peter Lye, was present when
the charges were read out.
The court will meet again on September 2 to hear the representations
from PNL's lawyers.
If found guilty, the company could be fined a maximum S$10,000, or a
representative be jailed for six months, or both.
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