{"id":3723,"date":"2002-09-11T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2002-09-11T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2021-03-02T01:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T06:46:58","slug":"singapore-s-league-players-fall-match-fixing-lie-detector-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/11\/singapore-s-league-players-fall-match-fixing-lie-detector-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: &#8220;S-League Players Fall Match-Fixing Lie-Detector Tests&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>The Singapore <em>Straits Times<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/straitstimes.asia1.com.sg\/primenews\/story\/0,1870,142678,00.html\">reports<\/a> on the polygraph &#8220;testing&#8221; of soccer players. Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Club officials say they were &#8216;unofficially&#8217; told of players who failed the test &#8211; they now have to decide what to do about it<\/strong><\/p><p>SOME S-League football players have failed the lie-detector tests introduced last year.<\/p><p>But because the polygraph tests are inadmissible as evidence in court, the Football Association of Singapore is treating the matter delicately.<\/p><p>When contacted by The Straits Times, FAS chief operating officer John Koh would not comment on the results of such tests.<\/p><p>But club officials disclose that they were &#8216;unofficially&#8217; told of players in their clubs who had failed the test.<\/p><p>It is then left to the clubs to decide on the next course of action &#8211; which includes not employing such players.<\/p><p>A senior club official, who did not want to be named, said: &#8216;There is nothing on paper. It is all word-of-mouth communication.&#8217;<\/p><p>The FAS introduced the polygraph tests a year ago, in response to a call by Fifa to combat match-fixing worldwide.<\/p><p>Fifteen to 20 players are reportedly tested each year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Singapore Straits Times reports on the polygraph &#8220;testing&#8221; of soccer players. Excerpt: Club officials say they were &#8216;unofficially&#8217; told of players who failed the test &#8211; they now have to decide what to do about it SOME S-League football players have failed the lie-detector tests introduced last year. But because the polygraph tests are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[331,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-3723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-singapore","8":"tag-sports","9":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3724,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions\/3724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}