SINGAPORE, June 25 -- A Singapore company has been fined S$500,000 (RM1.58 million), while one of its directors was jailed over workplace safety failures linked to a 2021 explosion at an industrial plant in Tuas that killed three workers and seriously injured seven others.

According to CNA, Stars Engrg director Chua Xing Da, 42, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months and one week's imprisonment after being convicted of two workplace safety offences and one count of obstructing justice.

The company, which operated the plant, was fined S$500,000.

Production manager Lwin Moe Tun, 36, was jailed for six weeks after being convicted of obstructing justice by deleting messages and photographs relevant to the investigation.

He was acquitted o...