Couple who built gate, two boundary walls and fence on state land charged

They constructed gate, two boundary walls, fence around their landed property

Tan Teck Siong and Cheah Mee Poh, owners of the house in Jalan Tari Zapin (above), face one charge each under the State Lands Encroachments Act for having the common intention to unlawfully enter into possession of state land. ST PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMA
Tan Teck Siong and Cheah Mee Poh, owners of the house in Jalan Tari Zapin (above), face one charge each under the State Lands Encroachments Act for having the common intention to unlawfully enter into possession of state land. ST PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR, WONG KWAI CHOW
Tan Teck Siong and Cheah Mee Poh, owners of the house in Jalan Tari Zapin (above), face one charge each under the State Lands Encroachments Act for having the common intention to unlawfully enter into possession of state land. ST PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMA
Tan Teck Siong (left) and Cheah Mee Poh (right), owners of the house in Jalan Tari Zapin, face one charge each under the State Lands Encroachments Act for having the common intention to unlawfully enter into possession of state land. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR, WONG KWAI CHOW
Selina Lum
Law Correspondent
Updated
Aug 13, 2020, 02:37 PM
Published
Aug 13, 2020, 05:00 AM
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The owners of a house in Jalan Kayu estate who built a metal gate, two boundary walls and a fence around the landed property have been charged with encroaching on state land.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said that it had in 2013 instructed the owners, Tan Teck Siong and his wife Cheah Mee Poh, to remove the structures as national water agency PUB was carrying out drainage improvement works in the estate.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 13, 2020, with the headline Couple who built gate, two boundary walls and fence on state land charged. Subscribe

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