…The director of a company who instructed construction workers to hold up placards demanding outstanding payments from a subcontractor was fined by a court on Friday (Sep 26), along with her husband.

Rebecca Rubini Ravinthiran, a 33-year-old Singaporean, was fined S$8,500 (US$6,600), while her husband Vee Derrick Mahendran, 36, was fined S$4,500…

Ravinthiran was a director of Scorpio Builders and Apex Engineering at the time of the offences in 2024.

Scorpio Builders was a subcontractor to TLT Construction and Engineering, which was in turn a subcontractor to the main contractor, Rich Construction Company, for Housing and Development Board (HDB) estate worksites at Dakota Breeze and Parc Flora @ Tengah…

Ravinthiran's companies provided manpower for services like painting and rooftop steel structure works for the two Build-To-Order HDB worksites.

TLT Construction allegedly owed outstanding payments to Scorpio Builders, the court heard…

The prosecutor said all the workers had been unwilling to be involved, but had complied with Ravinthiran's instructions as she was their employer.

The workers' act of holding a placard while standing outside the worksite without a relevant permit under the Public Order Act is an offence, the prosecution said…