CAD arrests 5 City Harvest Church members

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yperic;68580716 said:
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Yahoo! Singapore Newsroom
A sixth person has been charged in the City Harvest scandal--the church's former chief finance director Serina Wee, 35, has been charged with six counts of conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust, and a further four of conspiracy to commit falsification of accounts. Our story with more details will be up shortly.

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Sixth City Harvest member charged, out on S$500,000 bail; all cases adjourned for 5 weeks.

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6th City Harvest member charged; cases adjourned for 5 weeks

SINGAPORE - Six individuals connected to City Harvest Church (CHC), including founder Kong Hee, were this morning granted a five-week adjournment for pre-trial conferences.

The six have been charged this morning for criminal breach of trust and falsifying accounts, after allegedly using millions from the church's funds to further the secular musical career of Sun Ho, Kong's wife. They were also charged with misappropriating another S$26.6 million to hide their actions.

Five members had been charged last month - Kong; ex-board chairman John Lam, 44; ex-board vice-president Tan Ye Peng, 39; ex-investment manager Chew Eng Han, 52; and ex-finance manager Sharon Tan, 36. This morning, a sixth, former finance director Serina Wee, was charged on 10 counts.

Wee was charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust and four charges of falsifying accounts. Similarly to the five who had been charged earlier, she was offered bail of S$500,000, while her passport has been impounded.

There appeared to be visibly fewer City Harvest supporters in attendance at the courtroom today - a few dozen, our reporter estimated - compared to the original court appearance last month. About 40 members of the media thronged the steps leading up to the courthouse ahead of the court session, which was over in 10 minutes.

Kong, who was not accompanied by his wife this morning, appeared stoic throughout proceedings. The only insight into his state of mind was via his Twitter account; last night, he quoted a verse stating "Do not worry about tomorrow", while two hours before his court appearance, he tweeted: "Lord Jesus, be my shepherd today."

yperic;68579950 said:
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City Harvest Church (Official) supporters exiting the court after the short session, in which all 6 members charged were granted a 5-week adjournment for pre-trial conferences.

yperic;68579689 said:
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City Harvest Church senior pastor Tan Ye Peng arrives at the Subordinate Court at 8.45am for a second mention in a high-profile case involving alleged misuse of millions in church funds.

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City Harvest Church (Official) trial: Original 5 people charged have asked for case to be adjourned for 5 weeks for pre-trial conferences. A sixth, Serina Wee, has just been charged with 10 charges.

yperic;68579296 said:
Key leaders of City Harvest Church, including its founder and Pastor, Kong Hee, are returning to court this morning, to face charges of misappropriating church funds. Kong Hee, and four other senior church members were arrested and charged in June. They are accused of misusing almost $40m, to finance the music career of Sun Ho, who is Kong Hee's wife, and to cover the tracks of misappropriated funds.

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Our reporter Joanne Chan preparing for live crosses on top a van in front of the subordinate courts. (Photo credit: Melvinder Singh)

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Reporters gathering bright and early outside the subordinate courts before the trial starts. (Photo credit: Tan Qiuyi)

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A media scrum forming outside the subordinate courts before the trial starts. (Photo credit: Tan Qiuyi)

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This banner, placed outside the court, was removed by security guards earlier this morning. (Photo credit: Tan Qiuyi)

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One of the accused, Chew Eng Han arrived in court at 8.40am (Photo credit: Tan Qiuyi)









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Re: CAD arrests 5 City Harvest Church members

"Wee was charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust and four charges of falsifying accounts. Similarly to the five who had been charged earlier, she was offered bail of S$500,000, while her passport has been impounded."

Milf alert. Read on hwz she just gave birth.
 
Re: CAD arrests 5 City Harvest Church members

The person who lay the banners should be charged in court too...
 
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Serina Wee quite a MILF.....
 
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and it's sup sup water?
how to raise $500k for bail huh

Mockngbrd;859763 said:
half million bail.... macham one toto 1st prize just for bail $$$
 
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zorro;859703 said:
The person who lay the banners should be charged in court too...

think they might have gotten inspiration elsewhere

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Mockngbrd;859763 said:
half million bail.... macham one toto 1st prize just for bail $$$

Toto havent snowballed to $23,000,000 yet
 
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Money is no object when you have the entire church members behind you....What is 1M when you can throw 20M to groom a lousy singer to fame..My maid can sing better than her..
 
Re: CAD arrests 5 City Harvest Church members

then ask your maid sing lah....and make sexxxxy video....
 
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I already asked her to attend City Harvest liao...
 
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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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to chc members ... if this is still considered nothing WRONG ... i don't know what to say liao except repent!

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".
 
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Their argument is plain simple...Its their money and they are all behind the swinging pastor and his gospel singing wife.

wt_know;859912 said:
to chc members ... if this is still considered nothing WRONG ... i don't know what to say liao except repent!
 
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zorro;859916 said:
Their argument is plain simple...Its their money and they are all behind the swinging pastor and his gospel singing wife.

It is true that it is their money and they can entrust it to whoever they wish but when they did this under a charity, the government is cheated of levies, duties and taxes. This becomes a crime.

This is something too complicated for the members of CHC to understand. Don't think they ever will. Let them be...
 
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anyone has full photo of Serina Wee?
 
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I have to say I really respect them. None of them wear caps, sunglasses or use anything to cover their face.

Robot very respect them!
 

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