City Harvest church founder Kong Hee and 4 others arrested
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Accused in City Harvest saga permitted to travel
SINGAPORE: An accused in the City Harvest Church misuse of funds saga has been permitted to travel temporarily.
Tan Ye Peng, 39, applied for permission at the subordinate courts on Thursday, saying he plans to go to Indonesia for a four-day mission this month.
Tan, who is the vice-chairman of City Harvest Church, faces six counts of conspiring to commit criminal breach of trust by an agent and four counts of conspiring to falsify accounts.
Tan is among six senior church leaders, including the church's founding pastor Kong Hee, charged with varying counts of criminal breach of trust and falsifying accounts.
Their passports have been impounded.
The case involved millions of dollars in City Harvest Church funds, which were allegedly siphoned off to further the music career of Kong Hee's wife, Ho Yeow Sun.
Two other accused church leaders, Kong Hee and investment manager Chew Eng Han, had applied in July and August respectively for permission to travel, and were allowed to go out of Singapore.
The countries listed in their submissions include the United States, Indonesia and South Korea.
All three accused have been allowed to travel until November 22 -- the date for their third pre-trial conference.
The pre-trial session, which will be held at noon, will be conducted behind closed doors.
Lawyers said no trial date has been set.
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i think they will just disappear one by one
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no trial date has been set
accused get to travel in and out of the country
is this some sort of national soap drama?
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no time for the judge lah, cecilia sue took up all the slots
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in HBO and other channels, adult movies were moved to late night slots
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u think judge kum lan 1
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one by one, they get to travel overseas................is this some sort of gesture or hint to tell them to disappear if they dun wan to face the punishment?
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so still got lau charbor video to watch lah?
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
one by one, they get to travel overseas................is this some sort of gesture or hint to tell them to disappear if they dun wan to face the punishment?
If they feared being send to prison...they will run...and cheating on public funds usually carries a long prison sentence -
Kong Hee is free to enjoy himself. We have magnanimous govt, woooo!
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
u think judge kum lan 1
the answer is yes
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There was this high profile case in the 90s. A CEO of Singapore Power had swindled about $60 million dollars. His passport was confiscated from him but still he had managed to escape to Malaysia then Canada I think by using a forged passport. So in order to bring him back, his wife was apprehended by the authority and questioned, nearly got charged too. Somehow another, he found out about his wife being arrested and decided to return to Singapore to save his wife. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and his brother too was sent to prison for 3 years if I'm not mistaken for helping him to escape.
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When? Verdict?
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run and hide already lah - you think they only tok good shit to idiot lonel=minds best cum trial run like hell.
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their god help them scott free. our govt very magnaminous in the name of money they gave to them. any pastor can follow kong HEe and escape, first class
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no news is good news.
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for him
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How come still no trial date, what is there to drag on.
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Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
There was this high profile case in the 90s. A CEO of Singapore Power had swindled about $60 million dollars. His passport was confiscated from him but still he had managed to escape to Malaysia then Canada I think by using a forged passport. So in order to bring him back, his wife was apprehended by the authority and questioned, nearly got charged too. Somehow another, he found out about his wife being arrested and decided to return to Singapore to save his wife.
He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and his brother too was sent to prison for 3 years if I’m not mistaken for helping him to escape.
You mean former PUB deputy chief Choy Hon Tim ? His case was mention in one of the Channel 5 TV Programme called "Corruption Crackdown Inside The CPIB" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRb-yJt5bk -
Times are bad.
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Moooo
i am a korean kimchi addict now
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shiba!
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Agashi
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Maybe they used neuralizer :
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Originally posted by M the name:
Maybe they used neuralizer :
Huh?