WATCH: Amanda Lim and Joseph Schooling were not given any favourable or preferential treatment and were treated like others in similar situations, says Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam
SINGAPORE: There was"no clear evidence" that national swimmers Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim were taking drugs at the time of testing, said Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam on Thursday .
It was revealed on Tuesday that Schooling and Lim had been investigated by the Central Narcotics Bureau for possible offences related to theThe evidence was inconclusive and their urine tests were negative, Mr Shanmugam wrote earlier in a Facebook post explaining steps taken against the duo. Some members of the public may think that this mistake by Schooling and Lim would"sort of erase" all of their achievements, Mr Shanmugam told journalists on Thursday.
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