SINGAPORE, June 17 -- The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is appealing against the sentence imposed on PSA Singapore following a fatal workplace accident in 2017 that claimed the life of a worker during maintenance work at Keppel Terminal.

According to The Straits Times, the port operator had earlier been fined S$225,000 (RM714,250) after being convicted under the Workplace Safety and Health Act for failing to ensure the safety and health of its employees at work.

MOM filed its appeal on June 15, seeking a higher penalty. During earlier proceedings, the prosecution had pushed for a fine between S$300,000 and S$350,000.

In written submissions, MOM prosecutor Delvinder Singh described the incident as a "tragic and entirely preventable death",...