"S'pore air-con firm that didn't pay migrant workers has 'history of not paying workers properly': TWC2", 6 July 2025

KPA Engineering...reportedly had a "history" of failing to pay its workers properly...

"Across 2025 and 2026, TWC2 helped six workers with salary issues from this company," the organisation said...

A week after the last complaint, news of the workers approaching the MOM Services Centre en masse broke...

For the case in May 2025, the nonprofit helped the worker lodge a claim with TADM. The employer settled the matter with the worker, and allegedly even promised him a raise to not pursue the matter further.

But in April 2026, he came back to TADM, saying that he was once again facing payment issues...

In the June 2025 case, TWC2 similarly helped lodge a report, for S$4,458.28 in unpaid salary.

But the employer initially refused to settle.

"The employer subsequently paid up, but not the full amount he was owed," the spokesperson said...

The Straits Times previously reported that KPA Engineering had faced signs of financial woes as early as 2023 and 2024, when HSBC and DBS both filed charges against the firm...

...the director of the firm...is back in Singapore and has had his passport impounded.

Ramu Palani Velu, who is the director of the three Singapore companies…is assisting with investigations...