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Those assuming critical posts, be it in the public or private sector, those handling national secrets, security matters, and interests should be made to sit a polygraph test.
A polygraph test should be made a prerequisite for such posts so that potential employers could assess the candidates to see if they were fit to deal with huge sums of money, national secrets, or matters of national security.
In Singapore, the police, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, the Ministry of Manpower, the Prisons Department, Customs, the Central Narcotics Bureau, Security and Intelligence agencies, and the military use it for personnel screening and investigations.
The prosecutor’s office also uses it to decide whether or not to file charges while in Taiwan, a judge would subject an accused to a polygraph test prior to sentencing.
Agencies like the CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, US Secret Service, and the US Department of Defence, and the majority of US police departments use polygraph tests in investigations or to determine links with terrorist activities.
In England and Wales, polygraph tests are used by the police in the monitoring of released sex offenders.
The American Polygraph Association has conducted over 250 studies which showed the accuracy of the polygraph is 98 percent under good hands and when examined by certified examiners
The former Director-General of the National Centre for Governance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption, Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed, stressed that the polygraph test can be used as evidence in a court case when administered by qualified examiners, but it is up to the judiciary to determine it.
President of the Shariah Lawyers Association, Musa Awang, said that based on existing law, the polygraph tests may be used as evidence in court but ultimately it is the judge who has the right to accept it or not.
Currently, there is no precedent on the admissibility of polygraph evidence in Malaysia and Singapore.
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