“One cannot help but feel that things have turned personal,' says the Leader of the Opposition.
SINGAPORE: Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh on Thursday asked the Singapore National Olympic Council to take a “more forgiving attitude” towards Soh Rui Yong, in the wake of the top distance runner's non-selection for the upcoming Asian Games.
SNOC's appeals committee found that Soh “failed to honour commitments” made to the council and that he “continued to make disparaging and derisive remarks about others in the public domain”, a spokesman said. Citing an article by online website Rice Media published in June, Mr Singh noted that Soh had responded to SNOC’s objections to his online comments, by removing the posts.The Leader of the Opposition stressed that it was not unreasonable for SNOC to expect Singapore’s sportsmen and women to be disciplined, and that the appeals committee must have the authority to bar athletes after a disciplinary panel hearing “consistent with the principles of national justice”.
“The core of the schism between SNOC and Rui Yong appears to be a spat that arose when Rui Yong challenged the SNOC's nomination of another athlete for an international sportsman award.” The opposition Progress Singapore Party's Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai also spoke in support of WP’s motion and Soh.
SNOC also considers the qualities of athletes such as attitude, behaviour, general conduct and character among others.Mr Singh acknowledged that SNOC had done much to promote Singapore sports, by bringing sponsors on board and raising the esteem of sports in the minds and hearts of Singaporeans and many parents in a “very big way”.
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