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Supervisor gets 5 months’ jail for negligence after worker dies from electrocution during solar panel maintenance on Singapore Expo rooftop
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Nick Karean , as published by The Independent Singapore
· September 27, 2026
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The supervisor failed to check the solar panel connections, allowing 79 panels to be connected in a single series instead of the 20-panel limit
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