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Grace Fu: Environment Building on lockdown due to security situation

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SINGAPORE: The Environment Building at 40 Scotts Road housing the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) and its statutory boards — the National Environment Agency (NEA) and water agency PUB — was placed on lockdown on Wednesday (Aug 23) due to a “security situation”.

The Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu, wrote on Facebook that she received the news while overseas about a “security situation” at the building. She wrote:

“While attending ASEAN meetings in Vientiane, Laos, I received news from back home that a security situation is ongoing at the Environment Building. Police had worked with security officers on premises for preliminary checks and no threat items were found. I’m monitoring the developments closely from here and am in constant contact with my colleagues. I would like to assure all staff and stakeholders at the Environment Building that their safety is our priority.”

 

An email sent to employees at about 10 am said there was an “emergency situation” and the building was “under lockdown” but that people could leave if they wanted, reported Channel NewsAsia.

It added that an email sent to employees at about 12.20 pm said the building would be closed for the rest of the week.

 

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