The_King Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 SINGAPORE - The year has just begun but already trouble is brewing in Singapore football, with the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) revealing that it has provisionally suspended a council member for a potential breach. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, an FAS spokesperson said on Dec 29: “The FAS can confirm that a council member has been provisionally suspended pending an inquiry by the FAS ethics committee on a potential breach. The suspension is due to the pending inquiry and the council member’s duties have been reassigned accordingly. “As the inquiry is still ongoing, we will not comment further until the FAS ethics committee, an independent judicial body, completes its findings.” While the national governing body did not reveal the identity of the council member, ST has confimed that it is Harman Ali, founder and head coach of Global Football Academy and head coach of Singapore Football League Division 2 side GFA Sporting Westlake FC. Harman has since engaged a lawyer to deal with the matter, while the FAS has hired Advocatus Law as its legal representative. When contacted, Harman said he did not wish for the matter “to be litigated via the media”. He added: “My lawyer, Mr Glenn Knight, will act on my behalf and deal with FAS directly. In the interests of preserving the integrity of the proceedings, I shall refrain from commenting further on this matter from henceforth.” The “potential breach” highlighted by the FAS is said to be related to an allegedly leaked document that surfaced after a review of the national men’s under-22 football team’s performance at the 2023 SEA Games in May. A four-man panel was convened in the same month after the team’s dismal showing, which included a 7-0 loss to Malaysia. The panel was led by former national head coach Jita Singh and included three FAS council members: Harman, former national footballer and SEA Games assistant chef de mission Lim Tong Hai and former national captain Razali Saad. They spent four weeks interviewing players, coaches, administrators and backroom staff before presenting their reports to the FAS. FAS did not make public the full report submitted by the panel but eventually announced a list of 10 recommendations to work on after the conclusion of its review on July 7, 2023. Prior to that, on Jun 30 online publication The Monitor SG (TMSG) published a story that was based on “portions of the review” that its writer had seen. At the time, FAS issued a note to members on its website urging them “not to react to the story and give it any credence” and to wait for the final report. TMSG was also issued a letter by the FAS’ lawyers on the same day requesting that any reports should not be made public, citing a “breach of confidence”. In the aftermath of the TMSG story, it is understood that the FAS had queried the panel on this, which has since led to the provisional suspension. Harman, whose term is set to run till 2025, was part of Hougang chairman Bill Ng’s Team Game Changers who ran against the late Lim Kia Tong’s team at the FAS elections in 2017. In the 2021 elections, Lim returned unopposed for a second four-year term and Harman was voted in as a council member. The FAS council consists of president Bernard Tan, vice-presidents Thavaneson Selvaratnam, Teo Hock Seng, Razali and Ben Teng, an honorary treasurer, general secretary and 10 other members. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 FAS - King of Kelong! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeenut Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Better to get this xmm to head FAS https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1eD12KrbY9/ 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_O Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 13 hours ago, The_King said: “The FAS can confirm that a council member has been provisionally suspended pending an inquiry by the FAS ethics committee on a potential breach so got continue giving him 8k salary + allowance or not? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODACHEK Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 6 minutes ago, Coffee_O said: so got continue giving him 8k salary + allowance or not? Probably given 10 washing machines for money laundering nao... 1 TVB for life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_O Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 10 minutes ago, ODACHEK said: Probably given 10 washing machines for money laundering nao... drag so long hoping daft sinkies to forget? i thought they very efficient? or only efficient when dealing with outsider and not kar kee lang? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Not paid high enough... Does this mean this guy denied the players proper facilities when they travel overseas cos $$$ end up in his pocket? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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