Former coach gets jail over conspiracy to falsify finswimming results for SEA Games selection

Muhammad Faiz Suhaimi later informed an anonymous whistleblower about the falsified finswimming results.

Muhammad Faiz Suhaimi arriving at the State Courts on Mar 12, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Raydza Rahman)

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SINGAPORE: A former finswimming coach at the Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF) was sentenced to one week's jail on Monday (Sep 14) for conspiring with his vice-president and head coach to falsify competition results to secure athletes' selection into the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

Muhammad Faiz Suhaimi, a 33-year-old Singaporean, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to make a false electronic record to commit fraud. Two other charges were considered in sentencing.

His alleged co-conspirators are Ho Ho Huat, 56, then the vice-president of sports and head coach of finswimming at SUF, and 36-year-old Gary Lee Quan Hua, then an assistant finswimming coach at SUF.

The falsified documents resulted in six additional athletes being selected to represent Singapore in finswimming at the 2023 SEA Games, including Ho's daughter.

SUF is the national sports association responsible for promoting underwater and aquatic sports in Singapore.

This includes finswimming, where athletes compete using monofins resembling fish tails or bifins as used by scuba dinners.

At the time of the offences, the 32nd SEA Games were due to be held in Cambodia in May 2023.

The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) put in place a selection process and set up a selection committee to determine the athletes to represent Singapore at the games.

During the selection process in December 2022, Ho received a handbook setting out featured sporting events and realised that some finswimming events had been removed.

As a result, some athletes were no longer eligible for selection.

Ho allegedly wanted to nominate more finswimming athletes through the appeal process, which would take place sometime in February 2023 and required a qualifying result in a sanctioned competition for the athletes he wished to nominate.

Ho managed to send five Singaporean athletes for the first Malaysian Fin Swimming Championship in Malaysia in January 2023, although it was meant only for Malaysian swimmers.

No official result sheet was issued to the five male athletes.

After this, Ho allegedly raised the idea of falsifying the Malaysian Championship results with Faiz and Lee.

They hesitated but because Ho was more senior than them and they were afraid to question him, court documents said.

They discussed the qualifying timings, the athletes to nominate and the events, among other things.

Faiz then created a false electronic record of four events at the Malaysian Championship, stating that female athletes had taken part even though only male athletes had gone.

The false record was sent to the sports performance manager of finswimming, intending to induce SNOC to select athletes to represent Singapore in finswimming events at the SEA Games.

Faiz and Ho later agreed to add the falsified results to the official result sheet of the Malaysian Championship when asked for the official results.

The SNOC Appeal Committee eventually selected eight athletes to represent Singapore at the 2023 SEA Games.

Of these, two had already been selected to represent Singapore for another SEA Games event, but the falsified results induced SNOC to select them for an additional event.

The remaining six athletes, including Ho's daughter, would not have been selected without the falsified results.

SNOC incurred an additional expense of about S$15,700 (US$12,360) to send the six athletes to the 2023 SEA Games.

Ho was removed from his position at the SUF in December 2023.

After this, Faiz and Lee informed an anonymous whistleblower about the falsified finswimming results.

SNOC and Sport Singapore later began investigations and a Committee of Inquiry was established to look into the matter.

It found, among other things, that the results had been falsified and that Ho had played a pivotal role in the scheme.

SNOC lodged a police report in March 2025.

The prosecution sought a fine, noting Faiz's voluntary disclosure and position relative to Ho.

Ho and Lee have pre-trial conferences fixed for October.

For conspiring to make a false electronic record to commit fraud, Faiz could have been jailed for up to four years, fined, or both.

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穆罕默德·法伊兹·苏海米后来向一位匿名举报人透露了伪造的蹼泳成绩。

2026年3月12日，穆罕默德·法伊兹·苏海米抵达国家法院。（图片：CNA/Raydza Rahman）

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新加坡：新加坡水下运动联合会（SUF）一名前蹼泳教练周一（9月14日）被判处一周监禁，罪名是与副主席和总教练合谋伪造比赛成绩，以确保运动员入选东南亚运动会（SEA Games）。

33岁的新加坡公民穆罕默德·法伊兹·苏海米此前已承认一项串谋伪造电子记录以实施欺诈的罪名。量刑时还考虑了另外两项指控。

据称他的同谋是 56 岁的何浩发（Ho Ho Huat），当时是新加坡大学体育副校长兼蹼泳总教练，以及 36 岁的李泉华（Gary Lee Quan Hua），当时是新加坡大学蹼泳助理教练。

由于文件造假，另有六名运动员被选中代表新加坡参加 2023 年东南亚运动会的蹼泳比赛，其中包括何某的女儿。

新加坡水下运动联合会（SUF）是负责在新加坡推广水下和水上运动的国家体育协会。

这包括蹼泳，运动员使用类似鱼尾的单蹼进行比赛，或者使用类似潜水员使用的双蹼进行比赛。

事发时，第32届东南亚运动会原定于2023年5月在柬埔寨举行。

新加坡国家奥林匹克理事会（SNOC）制定了选拔程序，并成立了选拔委员会，以确定代表新加坡参加奥运会的运动员。

在 2022 年 12 月的评选过程中，何先生收到了一本列出特色体育赛事的手册，并意识到一些蹼泳比赛项目已被取消。

因此，一些运动员不再符合入选资格。

据称，何某希望通过上诉程序提名更多蹼泳运动员，该程序将于 2023 年 2 月的某个时候进行，并且要求他希望提名的运动员在认可的比赛中取得资格成绩。

何先生设法派出了五名新加坡运动员参加 2023 年 1 月在马来西亚举行的首届马来西亚鳍泳锦标赛，尽管该赛事原本只面向马来西亚游泳运动员。

五名男运动员均未获得正式成绩单。

此后，据称何某向费兹和李某提出了篡改马来西亚锦标赛成绩的想法。

法庭文件显示，他们犹豫不决，但因为何先生的资历比他们深，他们不敢质问他。

他们讨论了资格赛时间、提名运动员和比赛项目等事宜。

随后，法伊兹伪造了马来西亚锦标赛四项赛事的电子记录，声称有女运动员参赛，但实际上只有男运动员参赛。

这份虚假记录被发送给了蹼泳运动表现经理，目的是诱使新加坡奥委会选拔运动员代表新加坡参加东南亚运动会的蹼泳比赛。

后来，当被要求提供官方成绩时，法伊兹和何同意将伪造的成绩添加到马来西亚锦标赛的官方成绩单中。

新加坡奥委会上诉委员会最终选出了八名运动员代表新加坡参加 2023 年东南亚运动会。

其中两人此前已被选为代表新加坡参加另一项东南亚运动会赛事，但伪造的成绩导致新加坡奥委会又选派他们参加另一项赛事。

如果没有篡改成绩，包括何某的女儿在内的其余六名运动员都不会被选中。

新加坡奥委会为派出六名运动员参加 2023 年东南亚运动会，额外支出约 15,700 新元（12,360 美元）。

何于 2023 年 12 月被免去新加坡联邦大学 (SUF) 的职务。

之后，费兹和李向一位匿名举报人透露了伪造的蹼泳成绩。

新加坡奥委会和新加坡体育理事会随后展开调查，并成立了调查委员会来调查此事。

调查发现，除其他事项外，结果已被篡改，何某在该阴谋中扮演了关键角色。

SNOC于2025年3月向警方报案。

检方要求处以罚款，并指出费兹是自愿披露信息，而且与何的关系密切。

何和李的审前会议定于10月举行。

费兹因合谋制作虚假电子记录以实施欺诈，可能被判处最高四年监禁、罚款或两者并罚。

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