CHC case to be postponed till sept 2016

[h=1]City Harvest case: Appeal hearings set for September before a three-judge panel[/h] Kong Hee (centre) founder and senior pastor of the City Harvest Church (CHC), leaving the State Courts with his lawyers on Nov 20, 2015.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW


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SINGAPORE - The appeal hearings for the six City Harvest Church leaders have been set for Sept 19 to Sept 23. This was decided during a pre-trial conference on Monday (Jan 25), parties confirmed with The Straits Times.
The appeals will be heard before a three-judge panel, tentatively comprising Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin, Justice Woo Bih Li and Justice Chan Seng Onn.
Last October, the six accused - church founder Kong Hee, 51; deputy senior pastor Tan Ye Peng, 43; former CHC fund manager Chew Eng Han, 55; former CHC finance managers Serina Wee, 39, and Sharon Tan, 40; and former CHC finance committee member John Lam, 47 - were found guilty of misusing around $50 million in church funds after a trial that stretched more than two years.
The church leaders were convicted of using church funds to further the music career of pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun, Kong's wife. This was allegedly done by funnelling $24 million into sham bonds to bankroll Ms Ho's career. The accused then misused a further $26 million to cover their tracks.
All six were handed jail terms of between 21 months and eight years. Kong got the heaviest sentence as the alleged mastermind of Singapore's largest charity financial scandal.
The prosecution, which called the sentences "manifestly inadequate" after asking for jail terms ranging from five to 12 years, is also appealing.





Meanwhile the kongster is now in korea.



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Huh ??? Like that also can ? Come on ..do you want to defer and postpone till a average human lifespan and serve your sentence in hell? No wonder fucker can still laugh

Still have $$ go Korea

Why his passport was not impounded ? Someone hinting him to run road ?

red amoeba said:

Still have $$ go Korea

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Of course still have $$$$....so long as there are gong kias who continue to donate week after week, month after month to city harvest church coffers ....actually a large part of this money is going on to fund con hee's luxurious lifestyle, not only here in expensive Singapore but also allow him to fly all over the world, taking first class planes, and living out of >$$$ thousand $$$ a night hotels.

Imagine there are still so many poor, old and destitute people in Singapore and there you have this con hee family living in stupidity funded luxury....:(:(:(

must be alot of christian sympathisers in this country,lots of daft and stupidity going on.one "kumbaya my lord" and kong hee has got the entire country eating out of his hand and saying "amen" "hallelujah".

[video=youtube;_9k6Mf-FfXQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9k6Mf-FfXQ[/video]

On the good side at least serina's pussy won't be ravaged so soon.

Jah_rastafar_I said:

[h=1]City Harvest case: Appeal hearings set for September before a three-judge panel[/h] Kong Hee (centre) founder and senior pastor of the City Harvest Church (CHC), leaving the State Courts with his lawyers on Nov 20, 2015.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW


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Lim Yi Han



SINGAPORE - The appeal hearings for the six City Harvest Church leaders have been set for Sept 19 to Sept 23. This was decided during a pre-trial conference on Monday (Jan 25), parties confirmed with The Straits Times.
The appeals will be heard before a three-judge panel, tentatively comprising Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin, Justice Woo Bih Li and Justice Chan Seng Onn.
Last October, the six accused - church founder Kong Hee, 51; deputy senior pastor Tan Ye Peng, 43; former CHC fund manager Chew Eng Han, 55; former CHC finance managers Serina Wee, 39, and Sharon Tan, 40; and former CHC finance committee member John Lam, 47 - were found guilty of misusing around $50 million in church funds after a trial that stretched more than two years.
The church leaders were convicted of using church funds to further the music career of pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun, Kong's wife. This was allegedly done by funnelling $24 million into sham bonds to bankroll Ms Ho's career. The accused then misused a further $26 million to cover their tracks.
All six were handed jail terms of between 21 months and eight years. Kong got the heaviest sentence as the alleged mastermind of Singapore's largest charity financial scandal.
The prosecution, which called the sentences "manifestly inadequate" after asking for jail terms ranging from five to 12 years, is also appealing.





Meanwhile the kongster is now in korea.

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Kong Hee wishes everyone Kong Hee Fatt Chye this CNY.

How about postpone to 2026?

Now latest news is postponed till Sept 6022.

coming soon!

http://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/hearing/hearing-list

however court room has not been fixed

i started this in jan. it's close to 9 months already and i doubt the case will be closed after this.

Brother Jah,
according to news, the trial will begin on 19th September 2016.
however, the venue and judge have not been fixed.
Jah!!! this coming monday!!! Jah!!!!

gingerlyn said:

Brother Jah,
according to news, the trial will begin on 19th September 2016.
however, the venue and judge have not been fixed.
Jah!!! this coming monday!!! Jah!!!!

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get ready for the bombshell that would probably be thrown after the trial. Prosecution/defence wants to appeal case will be deferred for another 9 months! Seriously that might happen i mean this case started in around 2013.

Jah_rastafar_I said:

get ready for the bombshell that would probably be thrown after the trial. Prosecution/defence wants to appeal case will be deferred for another 9 months! Seriously that might happen i mean this case started in around 2013.

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Jah, by that time, Kong Hee may be too old to be jailed and released immediately for humanitarian ground

gingerlyn said:

Jah, by that time, Kong Hee may be too old to be jailed and released immediately for humanitarian ground

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Probably the kongster might be the 1st to somehow avoid prosecution or get jailed with a minimal sentence if not play the great escape. He's made it to sinkie history books.

The case has been delayed and delayed as CHC still has members from high ranking pappies, civil servants and celebrities.

SINGAPORE: Ten months after they were found guilty of misappropriating S$50 million of church funds, six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders are seeking to have their convictions overturned by the High Court, where their appeals will be heard over five days from Thursday (Sep 15) before the Court of Three Judges.

The saga involves the largest amount of charity funds ever misappropriated in Singapore. After a 144-day trial, the six were sentenced to between 21 months and eight years’ jail for using S$24 million of church funds to bankroll the music career of CHC founder Kong Hee’s wife, Ho Yeow Sun.

Then, the leaders misused another S$26 million to cover up the first amount.

Kong, 51, was sentenced to eight years’ jail and branded “the most culpable” of the six, followed by his deputy Tan Ye Peng, 42, who was sentenced to five years and six months’ jail.

Former board member Chew Eng Han, 55, was sentenced to six years’ jail, while former secretary of the church’s management board, John Lam Leng Hung, 47, was sentenced to three years in prison.

Former finance managers Sharon Tan Shao Yuen, 40, and Serina Wee Gek Yin, 38, were sentenced to 21 months and five years’ jail, respectively.

The five argued at trial they were following Kong’s orders and acting in the interests of the church.

However, the prosecution argued that each person had a part to play in the “conspiracy”. “They did not merely wait passively for Kong to instruct them … they took their own initiative to deceive and mislead the trusting members of CHC … and cannot escape responsibility for those acts,” prosecutors said.

Lawyers for the six have called the case unprecedented and incomparable. Wee’s lawyer Andre Maniam had said: “Neither the prosecution nor the defence has been able to turn up a precedent when criminal breach of trust was committed by using a charity's funds for its own purposes. We are in uncharted waters."

Executive members of CHC had pleaded with Judge See Kee Oon to spare the six from jail. “It pains us to know that they face jail terms,” a letter stated. “We believe they wanted to fulfil the Crossover mission, and in their zeal, they overstepped certain boundaries,” the letter, signed by 173 members, read.

In sentencing the six, the judge acknowledged the incomparable nature of the case, particularly “the lack of any personal wrongful gain, any motive of self-interest or enrichment, and the absence of an intent to cause permanent loss and return of the monies to CHC”, he said.

Still, their actions were unlawful as they were “effectively putting CHC’s funds into their own hands to use as they needed”, despite them being “plainly not authorised” to do so, Judge See had said.

The Court of Three Judges will also hear an appeal from the prosecution, who had sought stiffer jail terms for the six – about five to 12 years’ jail each – to reflect the gravity of their offences. Prosecutors had said the jail terms imposed were “manifestly inadequate, in all the circumstances of the case”.

Kong and Lam's appeals will be heard on Thursday by Justice of Appeal Chao Hick Tin and Justices Woo Bih Li and Chan Seng Onn. The appeals of Chew and Sharon Tan will be heard on Friday, and the appeals of Tan Ye Peng and Wee will be heard next week.

The others can rot I don't care. Serina 5 yrs come out 43 yo milf ok mah what for appeal and risk herself