Illegal Kranji land clearing: 2 JTC officers plead guilty to cutting trees without approval, lying in documents

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SINGAPORE — Two officers from site developer JTC Corporation were convicted on Friday (Nov 4) for the clearing of a forest parcel in Kranji without proper approvals, and then trying to mask their crime afterwards.

Neo Jek Lin, 44, a senior project manager at JTC, and Chong Pui Chih, 47, a JTC deputy director, will have their sentences handed to them next Wednesday.

Located next to Kranji Close and Kranji Road, the innovation park will eventually house high-tech farming and research and development activities. This includes indoor plant factories, insect farms and animal feed production. On July 12, 2019, the project’s qualified person — who is responsible for carrying out design works, ensuring designs meet statutory requirements and obtaining approvals from authorities — submitted a set of partial plans and sought approval for the felling of trees in plots four, five and nine from NParks, which enforces the Parks and Trees Act.

In it, NParks directed JTC to “implement the following wildlife-related measures to safeguard the wildlife, public safety and health, and ecosystems”, the court heard. Court documents did not state the exact date when Neo and Chong had instructed the start of tree felling works.

 

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