SINGAPORE – The Singapore Silat Federation (SSF) has filed a police report against its finance director after receiving allegations of irregular salary payments to some coaches.

He has since been suspended.

SSF said on Saturday that it was told by its managing body, Sport Singapore (SportSG), that there were irregularities in the federation’s financial practices, which upon checking, revealed information that was “cause for serious concern”.

SSF said that its managing committee then filed a police report against the finance director on Thursday.

A SportSG spokesman said: “SportSG will work with the SSF to ensure that the training and competitions of silat athletes are not impacted by the incident. As the case is under investigation, we are unable to share further details.”

SSF said it will fully cooperate with the authorities in their investigations and work closely with SportSG to minimise the impact of this incident on the coaches and athletes in the silat fraternity.

“During this period, we will continue to support our athletes in their training and competitions,” it added.

SSF said that it would review its internal processes and strengthen the system.