City Harvest church founder Kong Hee and 4 others arrested
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Originally posted by charlize:
When the court case start?
æ£æ˜¯ tomorrow
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Originally posted by Honeybunz:
æ£æ˜¯ tomorrow
can go down to watch ?
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goto ticket office ...its gonna be a box office hit
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Court case of the year...................lolz
Hope Kong Hee and gang become jail birds
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
Court case of the year...................lolz
Hope Kong Hee and gang become jail birds
This just in, looks like another month or so before more is known.
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City Harvest Church members hire legal heavyweights to represent them
Singapore | Updated today at 09:47 AM
By Leonard LimThe high-profile case involving the City Harvest Church looks set to be a dramatic - and costly - showdown with legal heavyweights getting into the fray.
With the exception of church founder Kong Hee, who is represented by Member of Parliament Edwin Tong, the five church members allegedly involved in the conspiracy have engaged Senior Counsels to be part of their legal team in court.
A Senior Counsel is a lawyer considered as an elite among the profession.
The five accused are CHC vice-chairman Tan Ye Peng, chairman John Lam Leng Hung, former finance chief Serina Wee, finance manager Sharon Tan and investment manager Chew Eng Han.
Lam has taken Senior Counsel Kenneth Tan and lawyer Nicholas Narayanan of Nicholas & Tan, while Tan is represented by SC Chelva Rajah and N Sreenivasan of Straits Law, Chew by SC Francis Xavier and Sharon Tan by SC Kannan Ramesh and Jeffrey Ong of JLC Advisors, and Wee by SC Andre Maniam.
The case had been adjourned to Aug 30 for a pre-trial conference.
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Gimme a QC title anytime over SC. he he
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monies goes to legal advisors or free .....now god seem to become Counsel .....the power of God incarnate
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Car Wheel battle strategy.... 5 different representatives... LuBu oso run.... Stalling to prepare run road?
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本地新闻
Local News- 日期:25/07/2012
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Translation and summary: The six pleaded NOT GUILTY.
kns!
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A look into the City Harvest Church saga
SINGAPORE: Several senior members embroiled in the City Harvest Church financial scandal have been charged with misappropriating S$24 million to allegedly fund the music career of Sun Ho, wife of the church's founder.
Some of them are said to have used a further S$26.6 million to cover their tracks.
City Harvest Church was well established as the centre of worship for thousands of Singaporeans when the misconduct is said to have taken place between 2007 and 2009.
The charges centre around money from the church's building fund.
The key players accused of being involved in the tangled web of funds movement are church founder and president of the management board Kong Hee, vice president and senior pastor Tan Ye Peng, finance director Serina Wee, management board member John Lam Leng Hung, and investment manager Chew Eng Han.
Some S$24 million from the account was allegedly transferred to two companies as bond investments - S$13 million to Xtron Productions and S$11 million to Firna.
It's been charged that these were in fact "sham transactions" devised to conceal the diversion of the church's building fund to finance the pop music career of Sun Ho, the wife of Kong Hee.
After the church's auditor raised questions about the investments, another scheme was allegedly planned to cover their tracks.
Tan Ye Peng, Chew Eng Han, Serina Wee, and finance manager Sharon Tan are accused of falsifying church accounts and misappropriating S$26.6 million from the church's funds.
S$11.4 million was allegedly disbursed to AMAC Capital Partners, and another S$15.2 million was said to have been made to Xtron Productions.
This further sum of S$26.6 million was believed to have been used to create the impression that the sham bonds had been fully "redeemed", a process called "round-tripping".
These allegations came to light after a two-year investigation by the authorities.
The Commissioner of Charities launched a formal inquiry into the church in 2010, after receiving complaints.
A separate investigation was carried out at the same time by the Commercial Affairs Department.
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Battle Royale.
Who will win?
Loser will be damn lao kui.
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they have to stick to their guns
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the government will win
they have unlimited resources for the court case
they have laid the trap and snared their prey like a T-Rex
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
the government will win
they have unlimited resources for the court case
they have laid the trap and snared their prey like a T-Rex
Sure?
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Yes!
Lolz
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PUI AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kong Hee: I am confident I will be vindicated
UPDATED 25 July 9:30pm: to include Kong Hee's statement
City Harvest Church (CHC) founder Kong Hee has expressed his confidence that he will be vindicated.
In a press statement issued on Wednesday evening, Kong Hee, who has been accused in relation to alleged misuse of church funds said, “I do maintain my integrity, and will rigorously defend that integrity against these charges”, which he said he had carefully considered with his lawyers.
“I have and will continue to place my faith and trust in our judicial system,” Kong continued. “I will explain the facts and circumstances to the Court, and am confident that I will be vindicated.”
Earlier on Wednesday, a sixth person was charged in the high-profile misappropriation case involving Kong and four other key church members.
35-year-old Serina Wee, formerly the church's chief finance director, was on Wednesday morning charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust and four for falsification of accounts.
She had her charges read to her as Kong, deputy pastor Tan Ye Peng, church board member John Lam, former finance manager Sharon Tan and investment manager Chew Eng Han stood in front of her for the second court mention of their respective charges.
Like the others, Wee's police bail was posted at S$500,000, and her passport was impounded.
As for the earlier accused, public prosecutors discussed and agreed with lawyers representing the five to postpone their next appearance in court by five weeks, so that Wee's charges can be next discussed alongside theirs.
Furthermore, defence counsel for all six said on Wednesday that their clients would not likely be pleading guilty -- which means they are likely to claim trial.
Representing Kong is Member of Parliament Edwin Tong, partner at Allen & Gledhill, while the others have since their first appearance engaged senior counsel to defend them in court -- a sign that the upcoming trial will be a costly one.
Pre-trial conferences for all six cases will be held on 30 August.
City Harvest Church founder and senior pastor Kong Hee, 47, arriving in court. He was this time not accompanied …
The church members arrived at court on Wednesday morning one by one, between 8:30am and 8:55am, when 47-year-old Kong arrived.
Kong was this time not accompanied by his wife Ho Yeow Sun, better known as singer Sun Ho.
The atmosphere at court appeared significantly calmer compared to the first time the five were charged, as supporters from the church arrived quietly in groups between as early as 7:45am and gathered in an orderly fashion outside the courtroom.
Supporters were more muted during the group's exit after their court mention as well, and there were few signs of any scuffles between them and members of the media.
Kong, Tan Ye Peng, Sharon Tan, Lam and Chew were charged at the end of last month for between three and 10 counts of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds amounting to the tune of some S$24 million, with further charges of conspiring to use another S$26.6 million to cover up the initial misappropriation.
The initial S$24 million amount was allegedly used to fund Ho's singing career.
Each of their charges carries the maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a fine.
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Money is powerful and their God is behind evil doers.
Kong ah kong will win. Have money can do, money can vindicate him. Money money and money . . . . . . . He sounds very very 100% confident he will win. Win win win, money is the centre of his life, money money money.
If ah Hee wins, heaven has no eyes and justice.
Huat ah hee!
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On news, Kong hee without make up looks like a gangster, toa pai kia !!
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Give, give, sell your HDB flats and donate money to the church! woooooooohhhahahaaaaa!
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Why need such heavy weight legal???
hath thy confidence been shattered??? hath thy faith in thy Lord that Lord will not save thou???
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法网�逃，难逃天谴
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Why need such heavy weight legal???
hath thy confidence been shattered??? hath thy faith in thy Lord that Lord will not save thou???
To the unbelievers, he wants to be known as a big business man.
http://www.chc.org.sg/_eng/founder/publications_biography.php
