### [2026-11-4](/feed/2026/11/4/index.md)

##### 2026 Southeast Asian haze
# The Singaporean parliament amends the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act of 2014, introducing arrest powers, permitting trials "in absentia", and increasing maximum fines tenfold to S$20 million (US$15 million) following widespread air pollution from Indonesian wildfires. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP](https://www.afp.com/en/singapore-toughens-haze-law-arrest-powers-bigger-fines)

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