MINDEF says that he will no longer be allowed to take leave or disrupt his National Service to train or compete after he confessed to taking cannabis during the SEA Games.
Former Olympic champion Joseph Schooling and fellow national swimmer Amanda Lim have both been found to have consumed a controlled drug. Schooling confessed to doing so in May when he was on short-term disruption from full-time National Service to train and participate in the Southeast Asian Games.
In its statement, MINDEF also said that “Given his abuse of disruption privileges, PTE Schooling will no longer be eligible for leave or disruption to train or compete while in NS. A formal letter of warning has also been issued to PTE Schooling, informing him of the serious consequences of drug abuse meted out to all SAF personnel, who may be sentenced up to nine months detention in the SAF Detention Barracks.
At the conclusion of these investigations, Lim was issued a stern warning by CNB under the Misuse of Drugs Act.He said: “I am sorry that my actions have caused hurt to everyone around me, especially to my family and the young fans who look up to me. “I made a mistake and I’m responsible for what I’ve done. I will make amends and right what is wrong. I won’t let you down again.”Schooling is currently serving his NS having enlisted in January.
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