SINGAPORE — National swimmer and Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has confessed to consuming cannabis overseas in May this year, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement on Tuesday (Aug 30).
Mindef confirmed that the Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore had concluded its investigations on the 27-year-old and handed over the management of the case to the Singapore Armed Forces , since Schooling is a full-time national serviceman.
"However, Private Schooling confessed to have consumed cannabis overseas in May 2022, when he was on short-term disruption from full-time National Service to train and participate in the Southeast Asian Games." "Given his abuse of disruption privileges, Private 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 Private 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.”
He set a new Olympic record in the process with a swim time of 50.39 seconds, and beat Olympic legend and American swimmer Michael Phelps.
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