He spoke at a media doorstop on Oct. 28.
\n\nIt is not the government's intention to find scapegoats, Senior Minister K Shanmugam told 10 haze-linked companies under investigation.
\n\nSpeaking at a media doorstop on Oct. 28, Shanmugam, who is also Chairman of the Homefront Crisis Management Committee, shared that he had assured the companies that the "Singapore government will do what is right".
\n\nIf responsibility is found, those responsible will be held to account. And if there is no wrongdoing found, the government will proceed on that basis as well.
\n\nThe government had met with the senior leadership of these companies on Oct. 28 to outline what the government expects of the companies and how they will be assessed under the notices.
\n\nThe 10 companies had previously been issued notices by NEA under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.
\n\nDuring the meeting, the government said that each company will have to engage an investigative team of specialists and provide them with full access to information, documents, premises and people on their operations, corporate relationships and supply chains.
\n\nShanmugam told the companies that the point of this exercise is "not to find scapegoats".
\n\n"I told them we are determined to act, and…
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