Employment contracts of 3 SMRT drivers charged for instigating strike terminated
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File photo of one of the three SMRT bus drivers He Jun Ling (front), who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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File photo of the second SMRT bus driver Gao Yue Qiang, who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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File photo of the third SMRT bus driver Liu Xiangying (right), who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
File photo of one of the three SMRT bus drivers He Jun Ling (front), who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
File photo of the second SMRT bus driver Gao Yue Qiang, who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
File photo of the third SMRT bus driver Liu Xiangying (right), who has been charged with instigating a bus strike in November 2012. The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement. The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
The employment contracts of three SMRT bus drivers facing charges of instigating an illegal strike last November have been "terminated with immediate effect", said an SMRT spokesman in a statement.
The three drivers are He Jun Ling, Gao Yue Qiang and Liu Xiang Ying. A fourth driver, Wang Xianjie, faces similar charges but he is no longer employed by SMRT as his employment contract expired on Jan 14.
In a statement on Wednesday, SMRT said the four drivers did not report to work after they were released on bail on Dec 6 last year. SMRT had "actively sought to maintain contact" with them over the past six weeks, but they had, until recently, "refused direct communication with SMRT".
He, Gao and Liu were suspended and an internal disciplinary inquiry was held on Jan 17. All three drivers were absent from the inquiry proceedings.
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