SINGAPORE – A man who spent nearly two decades climbing the ranks at Japanese automotive parts giant Denso has lost his High Court lawsuit claiming that the company had terminated his employment in “bad faith” to avoid paying him retrenchment benefits.
In a written judgment issued on May 11, Assistant Registrar (AR) Ramu Miyapan struck out the entire lawsuit brought by former Denso International Asia employee Daniel Seng, finding that the claim had “no recognisable legal basis for wrongful dismissal”.
Mr Seng had worked at Denso International Asia (DIAS) for about 19 years and four months before his employment was terminated on Oct 1, 2024.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr Seng joined the company in May 2005 and rose through the ranks to become the head of strategic business planning in July 2022, a role he held until his employment was terminated some two years and three months later.
DIAS is the Singapore-based subsidiary of Japan’s Denso Corp, one of the world’s largest automotive components manufacturers and a major supplier of vehicle technology and parts to global carmarkers including Toyota.
Court documents stated that Mr Seng sued DIAS in 2025, alleging that the company had disguised what was effectively a retrenchment as an ordinary termination to deprive him of what he described as “rightful retrenchment benefits”.
Mr Seng also sought damages for psychiatric harm, distress, humiliation and loss of reputation.
