"Unpaid migrant workers case: Company faced 5 wage-related claims in 2025", 7 July 2026

Five workers had previously filed unpaid wage claims against KPA Engineering in 2025, prior to the incident on June 22 when over 100 migrant workers approached the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), said Dr Tan See Leng...

Dr Tan referenced the recent incident involving 407 workers from KPA Engineering, SK Industries, and VVR Plant Engineering, who approached MOM and the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) with long-term unpaid salary claims.

All three companies were headed by the same director, Ramu Palani Velu, who returned to Singapore on June 28 to assist with investigations.

In particular, the three companies are being investigated for offences under the Employment Act and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act...

According to Dr Tan, five workers from KPA Engineering had approached TADM last year regarding salary non-payment.

All cases were resolved within a week, with the workers receiving payment.

Additional claims by four other workers were also filed in May this year, which were in the midst of being processed…