Gerard Wong of The Straits Times reports that Singaporean goalkeeper Shamsuri Ahmad has agreed to submit to a mandatory lie detector “test.” Excerpt:
CLEMENTI Khalsa goalkeeper Shamsuri Ahmad saved himself from a sacking by the S-League last night when he agreed at the last minute to go for a polygraph (lie-detector) test.
The 32-year-old custodian was the first S-League player to appear before the Football Association of Singapore’s disciplinary committee for refusing to take the test a few weeks back.
But Shamsuri changed his mind after Clementi chairman Jagjit Singh persuaded him at the hearing to take the test.
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…Jagjit explained that Shamsuri, who last played in Clementi’s 0-5 thrashing by Home United on May 12, had refused to take the test out of sheer ignorance.
‘He is a simple lad who is not very well-educated,’ he said. ‘He was afraid to go for the test because he gets nervous very easily.
‘Although he claims his innocence, he had this terrible fear that his anxiety would make the polygraph register a wrong result.’
‘He is a simple lad who is not very well-educated,’ he said. ‘He was afraid to go for the test because he gets nervous very easily.
‘Although he claims his innocence, he had this terrible fear that his anxiety would make the polygraph register a wrong result.’
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‘Even if I have to buy a gun and a bullet and point it to his head, I will make sure he goes for the test,’ said the chairman.
Before investing in a gun and a bullet, Clementi chairman Jagjit Singh should read The Lie Behind the Lie Detector to dispel his own ignorance about polygraphy. Truthful but anxious persons run a significant risk of becoming false positives.