City Harvest church founder Kong Hee and 4 others arrested
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I see it now. Once the trial begins, the lawyers defending the 4 accuse will be pointing finger at one another trying to mitigate that their client are not the main culprit and hopefully gets a lighter prison sentence. I think whomever the defendant that will yield to and co-operate with the prosecutor will get a better deal right now.
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Wait.
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Deal or No Deal :lol:
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Double (sentence) or Nothing ?
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Indecision--a new show where contestants are asked to place bets on answers to a question. if they are correct, they win a certain amount, if not, the money is makan
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Huh?
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nvm, then
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kk
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:lol:
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Trial involving City Harvest Church leaders to begin in May
SINGAPORE - A judge has been appointed for the trial involving leaders of City Harvest Church.
District Judge See Kee Oon will preside over the trial that is set for 15 to 23 May, which was decided during a closed-door pre-trial conference held on Friday.
Six City Harvest Church leaders, including its founder Senior Pastor Kong Hee, are charged with misusing church funds.
The others are Serina Wee Gek Yin, Chew Eng Han, Sharon Tan, Tan Ye Peng and John Lam.
The six leaders are accused of conspiring to cheat the church of millions of dollars.
They allegedly channelled some S$24 million into sham bond investments, and misappropriated some S$26 million to cover up the first sum.
The money was allegedly used to boost the music career of Kong Hee's wife, Sun Ho.
Channel NewsAsia understands that defence lawyers for the six Church leaders had on Friday tried to postpone the trial dates, although the reason for this was not disclosed.
Channel NewsAsia understands the prosecution "strongly objected" to the postponement of trial dates.
After hearing from the lawyers from both sides, District Judge Victor Yeo decided that the trial dates should remain unchanged.
It is understood this is because the case has been going on for almost a year, and it is in the public's interest that the trial is not postponed.
Channel NewsAsia also understands that during a closed-door session held on 15 December 2012, the prosecution had already provided the defence counsel with court documents to facilitate the preparation of an agreed statement of facts for the trial.
A final closed-door session will be held on 23 April before the trial begins.
- CNA/ck
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better mean what they say trial starting in May if not no credibility .
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kong hee, come back to sg, hide no more !
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The wife not dancing in USA now....wonder what is she doing leh ? practice "shaking and trembling" in prison ? aiyo....how can she tahan condition in prison leh ??
wonder how long they'd be sentenced IF for misappropriating funds ? 2 months ?
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wait all the inmates get converted :lol:
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and they need to contribute part of their inmates pay to CHC ?
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China Wine for the inmates?
They tried to postpone the trial??? Trying to hide money izzit? taking the chance to bleed everything dry, then go jail and come out still rich???
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Damn vampires worse than dracula himself :lol:
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COC considering removing 8 persons from posts in City Harvest Church
SINGAPORE: The Commissioner of Charities (COC) is considering removing eight individuals from their positions in City Harvest Church.
This will be part of the next stage of its ongoing inquiry into the charity.
The move is based on the inquiry findings of February 2011 which revealed there was misconduct and mismanagement in the administration of the charity, particularly with regard to money in the Building Fund earmarked for specific purposes.
Financial irregularities of at least S$23 million was discovered.
The funds were used with the intention to finance Ho Yeow Sun's secular music career, and the inquiry found there was a concerted effort to conceal it from stakeholders.
But there is a due process which has to be observed, before any final decision on the removal can be made.
Spelling this out in detail on Tuesday, the COC said suspension orders were issued on nine church individuals in June 2012.
This order is valid for 12 months.
On 28 December last year, the COC made a proposal to all nine that he would defer the next stage, should they collectively agree to a voluntary extension of their suspension orders until six months after the conclusion of the criminal trial.
This was done purely on a goodwill basis.
But there was no collective agreement on the matter.
So before the lapse of the suspension order, the COC intends to proceed with the removal process against eight of them.
They are church founder Kong Hee as well as church trustees and employees Lam Leng Hung, Tan Ye Peng, Kelvin Teo Meng How, Sharon Tan Shao Yuen, Jacqueline Tan Su Pheng, Chew Eng Han and Serina Wee Gek Yin.
As for Ho Yeow Sun, the COC says there is insufficient evidence for now to indicate she was responsible for or facilitated the mismanagement in the charity.
But before a decision on the removal can be made, those affected can make representations to the COC.
For four individuals - namely Kong Hee, Lam Leng Hung, Tan Ye Peng and Kelvin Teo Meng How - the CoC is also inviting representations from the public on the proposal to remove them.
All representations to the COC have to be made by 13 May.
The final decision on whether to remove them, would be made in consultation with the Attorney-General.
Those affected by the decision have recourse to appeal to the High Court.
Meanwhile, the COC stressed that any individual who is removed may continue with his religious duties.
These are separate from holding any governance or management positions in the charity, and that normal services of the charity can continue as usual.
Also, any action taken by the COC is separate and independent from the ongoing criminal cases.
- CNA/ir
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