Former MediaCorp actor acquitted of cheating
Published on Feb 1, 2012
A former MediaCorp actor better known as Lin Yi-sheng was acquitted of charges of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000 in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN
By Khushwant Singh
A former MediaCorp actor was acquitted of charges of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000 in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago.
Delivering her judgement on Wednesday, District Judge Wong Choon Ning said that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against Lim Aik Seng.
The 47-year-old, better known as Lin Yi-sheng, had been accused of deceiving the men into believing that cash donations received from a charity match - minus expenses - would be donated to the Metta Welfare Association.
Judge Wong noted that although Mr Peh Kang Lee and Mr Gary Tang Keng Boon testified that Lim had asked them to help source for donors, the documents that Lim sent to those who came forward stated that the contributions were sponsorships and not tax-exempt.
If the prosecution had intended the court to believe that Lim started out to cheat but changed his mind later, Judge Wong said: 'No evidence was produced (by the prosecutor) to show that the accused changed his intention over the course of time.'
Lim was then the manager of Celebrities Holdings which organised the charity football match between Singapore's and Hong Kong's celebrities on July 18, 2007. The game was played in Jalan Besar Stadium and the Hong Kong side won 4-2.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
A former MediaCorp actor better known as Lin Yi-sheng was acquitted of charges of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000 in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN
By Khushwant Singh
A former MediaCorp actor was acquitted of charges of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000 in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago.
Delivering her judgement on Wednesday, District Judge Wong Choon Ning said that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against Lim Aik Seng.
The 47-year-old, better known as Lin Yi-sheng, had been accused of deceiving the men into believing that cash donations received from a charity match - minus expenses - would be donated to the Metta Welfare Association.
Judge Wong noted that although Mr Peh Kang Lee and Mr Gary Tang Keng Boon testified that Lim had asked them to help source for donors, the documents that Lim sent to those who came forward stated that the contributions were sponsorships and not tax-exempt.
If the prosecution had intended the court to believe that Lim started out to cheat but changed his mind later, Judge Wong said: 'No evidence was produced (by the prosecutor) to show that the accused changed his intention over the course of time.'
Lim was then the manager of Celebrities Holdings which organised the charity football match between Singapore's and Hong Kong's celebrities on July 18, 2007. The game was played in Jalan Besar Stadium and the Hong Kong side won 4-2.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.