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Breaking News!Pastor Kong Hee And Pastors Arrested And Charge!
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the 2 fellows said they saw a Durian in a first class seat on a airplane also apologised.
Kong Hee, Tan Ye Peng, Lam Leng Hung, Chew Eng Han and Tan Shao Yuen Sharon
Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant, or agent.
409. Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property, in his capacity of a public servant, or in the way of his business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Additional punishment for Tan Ye Peng, Chew Eng Han and Tan Shao Yuen Sharon
Falsification of accounts.
477A. Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk, officer or servant, wilfully and with intent to defraud destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any book, paper, writing, valuable security or account which belongs to or is in the possession of his employer, or has been received by him for or on behalf of his employer, or wilfully and with intent to defraud makes or abets the making of any false entry in, or omits or alters or abets the omission or alteration of any material particular from or in any such book, paper, writing, valuable security or account, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with both.
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S$24 + S$26.60 = S$50.60 Million ( and counting )
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http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815567.html
The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.comPublished on Jun 27, 2012
Prosecutors shed light on alleged misuse of church funds
Prosecutors shed light on the alleged misuse of City Harvest Church funds on Wednesday morning as it brought church founder Kong Hee and four senior church members to court on charges of criminal breach of trust and falsifying accounts.
They were said to have diverted $24 million of the church's building fund to finance the music career of singer Sun Ho, who is Kong's wife. This was said to have been carried out through a series of purported bond investments in two companies, Xtron Productions and PT The First National Glassware.
The prosecution believes that the investment were sham transactions. $13 million was diverted to Xtron, with the remaining $11 million of church funds going to the other company.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Christopher Ong and Grace Goh told a district court that not only had they allegedly diverted $24 million through questionable financial transactions, some of them had conspired to misappropriate another $26.6 million of church funds to avoid scrutiny.
'It is the Prosecution's case that these further monies were circulated... to create the false appearance that the purported sham bond investments had been redeemed, when in fact the 'redemption' had been financed using these further monies misappropriated from church funds,' they said.
S$24 + S$26.60 = S$50.60 Million ( and counting )
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http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815567.html
The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.comPublished on Jun 27, 2012
Prosecutors shed light on alleged misuse of church funds
Prosecutors shed light on the alleged misuse of City Harvest Church funds on Wednesday morning as it brought church founder Kong Hee and four senior church members to court on charges of criminal breach of trust and falsifying accounts.
They were said to have diverted $24 million of the church's building fund to finance the music career of singer Sun Ho, who is Kong's wife. This was said to have been carried out through a series of purported bond investments in two companies, Xtron Productions and PT The First National Glassware.
The prosecution believes that the investment were sham transactions. $13 million was diverted to Xtron, with the remaining $11 million of church funds going to the other company.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Christopher Ong and Grace Goh told a district court that not only had they allegedly diverted $24 million through questionable financial transactions, some of them had conspired to misappropriate another $26.6 million of church funds to avoid scrutiny.
'It is the Prosecution's case that these further monies were circulated... to create the false appearance that the purported sham bond investments had been redeemed, when in fact the 'redemption' had been financed using these further monies misappropriated from church funds,' they said.
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S$50.60 M ( and counting )
S$50.60 M ( and counting )
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Just bought some 4D for tonite draw :
5060 = 100 Big & 100 Small
Just bought some 4D for tonite draw :
5060 = 100 Big & 100 Small
count somemore maybe will overtake Chia Teck Leng's figure of $117 million and break sinkieland's record.......chia teck leng kena 42 years......
Come on Con Hee! 'su lang mai su bin'.......
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Church announces new appointments
Note posted on website says no change to operations and weekend services
04:46 AM Jun 27, 2012
by Neo Chai Chin
SINGAPORE - In the wake of the arrests and suspensions of some of its leaders, City Harvest Church last night informed its congregation of new appointments.
This as members of the charity and corporate governance sectors said the findings of the authorities' probes have once again brought into focus the importance of sound governance and the responsibility of individuals given this task.
CHC executive pastor Aries Zulkarnain wrote in a note posted on the church's website that two overseas pastors on its advisory committee - Dr Phil Pringle, founder and Senior Minister of the Christian City Church in Sydney, and Dr A R Bernard, founder and CEO of Christian Cultural Centre in New York - had been appointed advisory senior pastors of the church.
He added that there was no change to the church's operations and weekend services, and that the church management board "continues to provide guidance on the running of the church".
He did not say who made up the church's management board following the suspensions of some of the members.
Mr Kong made an oblique reference to yesterday's happenings on Twitter and Facebook at about 7pm, calling it a "tough day".
At CHC's Jurong West premises, the gates were locked when TODAY visited yesterday afternoon, even though they should have been open according to a sign stating the church's opening hours.
Ms Joleen Seem, 24, an assistant marketing executive who has been attending the church for six years, told TODAY that she was "shocked" by the news.
She said: "There were no hints of such issues. Pastor Kong was still preaching and the care groups were still functioning. But this hasn't changed my impression of the church."
Corporate governance and charity experts cautioned against rushing to judgment.
"Lapses can happen in any organisation. I think we should reserve our comments until the case is up," said social service veteran Gerard Ee.
He did not think this latest development in the charity sector would affect the public's generosity.
"It's just that people will be more selective which organisations to support and, therefore, it makes it more critical that organisations must be seen to be practising good governance and transparency," he said.
Marine Parade GRC Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng, who chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Community Development, Youth and Sports, cautioned against linking the case to religion: "The public ought to be clear it's about (the) governance of charities, and of individuals entrusted with this process of governance."
Singapore Management University accountancy don Leong Kwong Sin noted that the COC findings cover various types of "misdeeds" ranging from the obviously wrong - such as falsification of records - to the bypassing of due process, and "forgetting that 'self-interest' has to be explicitly separated from organisation's interest".
"The last is sometimes ambiguous because it is so easy to convince oneself that 'If what is good for me is also good for the organisation, then it should be okay'," he said.
"But it is not ... unless it is decided by independent stakeholders of the organisation," he said.
This episode perhaps shows the need for a whistle-blowing policy for charities, said Associate Professor Ho Yew Kee of the National University of Singapore's business school.
He pointed out that the similarity between the City Harvest Church and previous charity scandals lies in the presence of "influential people" on the board who want things done in a certain way and they attract the acquiescence of other board members to go along.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia, NUS Associate Professor Mak Yuen Teen added: "You can see that the board was dominated by people who were essentially employees of the church. So, the question therefore is where is the check and balances in place."
The charity sector as a whole should not be judged because of this episode, cautioned chief executive of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) Laurence Lien.
"Generally, good governance is practised in most charities. What is perhaps more critical though, is good leadership and planned leadership succession," said Mr Lien.
"NVPC will continue to work with the Centre for Non-Profit Leadership to help strengthen board leadership and advocate for board renewal."
URL http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC120627-0000068/Church-announces-new-appointments
Church announces new appointments
Note posted on website says no change to operations and weekend services
04:46 AM Jun 27, 2012
by Neo Chai Chin
SINGAPORE - In the wake of the arrests and suspensions of some of its leaders, City Harvest Church last night informed its congregation of new appointments.
This as members of the charity and corporate governance sectors said the findings of the authorities' probes have once again brought into focus the importance of sound governance and the responsibility of individuals given this task.
CHC executive pastor Aries Zulkarnain wrote in a note posted on the church's website that two overseas pastors on its advisory committee - Dr Phil Pringle, founder and Senior Minister of the Christian City Church in Sydney, and Dr A R Bernard, founder and CEO of Christian Cultural Centre in New York - had been appointed advisory senior pastors of the church.
He added that there was no change to the church's operations and weekend services, and that the church management board "continues to provide guidance on the running of the church".
He did not say who made up the church's management board following the suspensions of some of the members.
Mr Kong made an oblique reference to yesterday's happenings on Twitter and Facebook at about 7pm, calling it a "tough day".
At CHC's Jurong West premises, the gates were locked when TODAY visited yesterday afternoon, even though they should have been open according to a sign stating the church's opening hours.
Ms Joleen Seem, 24, an assistant marketing executive who has been attending the church for six years, told TODAY that she was "shocked" by the news.
She said: "There were no hints of such issues. Pastor Kong was still preaching and the care groups were still functioning. But this hasn't changed my impression of the church."
Corporate governance and charity experts cautioned against rushing to judgment.
"Lapses can happen in any organisation. I think we should reserve our comments until the case is up," said social service veteran Gerard Ee.
He did not think this latest development in the charity sector would affect the public's generosity.
"It's just that people will be more selective which organisations to support and, therefore, it makes it more critical that organisations must be seen to be practising good governance and transparency," he said.
Marine Parade GRC Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng, who chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Community Development, Youth and Sports, cautioned against linking the case to religion: "The public ought to be clear it's about (the) governance of charities, and of individuals entrusted with this process of governance."
Singapore Management University accountancy don Leong Kwong Sin noted that the COC findings cover various types of "misdeeds" ranging from the obviously wrong - such as falsification of records - to the bypassing of due process, and "forgetting that 'self-interest' has to be explicitly separated from organisation's interest".
"The last is sometimes ambiguous because it is so easy to convince oneself that 'If what is good for me is also good for the organisation, then it should be okay'," he said.
"But it is not ... unless it is decided by independent stakeholders of the organisation," he said.
This episode perhaps shows the need for a whistle-blowing policy for charities, said Associate Professor Ho Yew Kee of the National University of Singapore's business school.
He pointed out that the similarity between the City Harvest Church and previous charity scandals lies in the presence of "influential people" on the board who want things done in a certain way and they attract the acquiescence of other board members to go along.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia, NUS Associate Professor Mak Yuen Teen added: "You can see that the board was dominated by people who were essentially employees of the church. So, the question therefore is where is the check and balances in place."
The charity sector as a whole should not be judged because of this episode, cautioned chief executive of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) Laurence Lien.
"Generally, good governance is practised in most charities. What is perhaps more critical though, is good leadership and planned leadership succession," said Mr Lien.
"NVPC will continue to work with the Centre for Non-Profit Leadership to help strengthen board leadership and advocate for board renewal."
URL http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC120627-0000068/Church-announces-new-appointments
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The woman in the middle of it all
04:46 AM Jun 27, 2012
by Teo Xuanwei
SINGAPORE - She burst onto the pop music scene in 2002 as the "singing pastor" and, in five years, released five Mandarin albums that reached either double or triple platinum status.
But Ms Sun Ho's early career was dogged by controversy: There were those who felt her dressing was inappropriate for someone with a religious background; some members of City Harvest Church (CHC), which she co-founded with her husband Kong Hee, also expressed uneasiness over CHC's support of her pop career.
One year after she entered the glitzy entertainment business, accusations of CHC funding her musical exploits flew her way, although the accuser subsequently publicly apologised and recanted his statements.
Despite these, Ms Ho, 42, continued to blaze her way in overseas markets - her first five English-language releases peaked the dance club charts of Billboard Magazine and Music Week - although her success in Singapore was rather less spectacular.
She also scored several firsts for an Asian pop singer, such as being invited to the Hollywood Film Festival in 2003 and the 2007 MTV Europe awards. She went on to work with noted producers and performers like Wyclef Jean and David Foster.
After five prolific years in the music scene, Ms Ho's musical works started drying up after 2007. Her last Mandarin album was released in March 2007.
According to a media statement on its inquiry findings on CHC, the Commissioner of Charities (COC) said it found financial irregularities of at least S$23 million in the mega-church's funds. The money was used with the "purported intention to finance (Ms Ho's) secular music career" from 2007 to 2010, it said.
Earlier media reports said she was renting a S$28,000-a-month home in Hollywood Hills when the Commercial Affairs Department probes into CHC began in May 2010.
Ms Ho is not facing any criminal charges but is among the eight who have been censured by the COC.
URL http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120627-0000075/The-woman-in-the-middle-of-it-all
04:46 AM Jun 27, 2012
by Teo Xuanwei
SINGAPORE - She burst onto the pop music scene in 2002 as the "singing pastor" and, in five years, released five Mandarin albums that reached either double or triple platinum status.
But Ms Sun Ho's early career was dogged by controversy: There were those who felt her dressing was inappropriate for someone with a religious background; some members of City Harvest Church (CHC), which she co-founded with her husband Kong Hee, also expressed uneasiness over CHC's support of her pop career.
One year after she entered the glitzy entertainment business, accusations of CHC funding her musical exploits flew her way, although the accuser subsequently publicly apologised and recanted his statements.
Despite these, Ms Ho, 42, continued to blaze her way in overseas markets - her first five English-language releases peaked the dance club charts of Billboard Magazine and Music Week - although her success in Singapore was rather less spectacular.
She also scored several firsts for an Asian pop singer, such as being invited to the Hollywood Film Festival in 2003 and the 2007 MTV Europe awards. She went on to work with noted producers and performers like Wyclef Jean and David Foster.
After five prolific years in the music scene, Ms Ho's musical works started drying up after 2007. Her last Mandarin album was released in March 2007.
According to a media statement on its inquiry findings on CHC, the Commissioner of Charities (COC) said it found financial irregularities of at least S$23 million in the mega-church's funds. The money was used with the "purported intention to finance (Ms Ho's) secular music career" from 2007 to 2010, it said.
Earlier media reports said she was renting a S$28,000-a-month home in Hollywood Hills when the Commercial Affairs Department probes into CHC began in May 2010.
Ms Ho is not facing any criminal charges but is among the eight who have been censured by the COC.
URL http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120627-0000075/The-woman-in-the-middle-of-it-all
Precisely. If the US faith healers, TV evangelists experience is any indication, Kong Hee will come back stronger than ever. Some gullible people are already talking about giving him a SECOND chance BEFORE he is convicted.
To make things worse, once he is out of jail, he will probably write a book about his experiences, earn royalties from the sales, eventually making a movie based on the book and make even more money. This is in addition to the money he will continue to take from CHC sheeps upon his release. If horse face dumps him during his jail time, it's an additional bonus since he no longer has to take another 20 mil of his new found wealth to finance her career.
There will always be willing suckers in this world.
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SINGAPORE: Five senior members of City Harvest Church, including its founder Kong Hee, have been charged in court for alleged criminal breach of trust.
The four are Tan Ye Peng, Tan Shao Yuen, Chew Eng Han and Lam Leng Hung faces.
They have been offered bail of S$500,000 each, while their passports have been impounded.
They face three sets of charges.
The first set of charges centre on purported bond investments made by the church in two companies.
These bond investments were allegedly devised to conceal the diversion of some S$23 million from the church's Building Fund to fund Ho Yeow Sun's music career. Ho is Kong Hee's wife.
The second set of charges relate to a series of transactions that some of the accused created to clear the purported bond investments off the church's accounts.
They allegedly misappropriated a further S$26.6 million from the church's funds.
The third set of charges they face centre on falsifying the church's accounts to cover their tracks.
- CNA/ck
The four are Tan Ye Peng, Tan Shao Yuen, Chew Eng Han and Lam Leng Hung faces.
They have been offered bail of S$500,000 each, while their passports have been impounded.
They face three sets of charges.
The first set of charges centre on purported bond investments made by the church in two companies.
These bond investments were allegedly devised to conceal the diversion of some S$23 million from the church's Building Fund to fund Ho Yeow Sun's music career. Ho is Kong Hee's wife.
The second set of charges relate to a series of transactions that some of the accused created to clear the purported bond investments off the church's accounts.
They allegedly misappropriated a further S$26.6 million from the church's funds.
The third set of charges they face centre on falsifying the church's accounts to cover their tracks.
- CNA/ck
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Those involved part of City Harvest Church founder's inner circle
By Yen Feng
Those arrested on Tuesday were part of a tight inner circle entrusted by City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee to support his wife's music career and other church activities.
All are either founding members of the church or long-time members.
Mr Tan Ye Peng, 39; Mr John Lam Leng Hung, 44; and Mr Chew Eng Han, in his 50s, hold senior positions at the church or were former board members.
Mr Lam was secretary of the church's board and is now its chairman. He was one of several church members, along with Mr Chew, who publicly defended the church in 2003 against allegations that its funds were used to fund the music career of Mr Kong's wife, pop-singer Ho Yeow Sun.
By Yen Feng
Those arrested on Tuesday were part of a tight inner circle entrusted by City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee to support his wife's music career and other church activities.
All are either founding members of the church or long-time members.
Mr Tan Ye Peng, 39; Mr John Lam Leng Hung, 44; and Mr Chew Eng Han, in his 50s, hold senior positions at the church or were former board members.
Mr Lam was secretary of the church's board and is now its chairman. He was one of several church members, along with Mr Chew, who publicly defended the church in 2003 against allegations that its funds were used to fund the music career of Mr Kong's wife, pop-singer Ho Yeow Sun.
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City Harvest's Crossover Project lies at heart of CoC inquiry
At the centre of the inquiry by the Commisioner of Charities is the City Harvest Church's Crossover Project and the misrepresentation on the use of the charity's fund.
The project was set up in 2002 purportedly to use Sun Ho's secular music to connect with people and reach out to non-Christians.
By 2003, it drew flak, with an individual alleged in the media that the Charity was funding Sun Ho's music career. Although he apologised later and retracted his allegations, the church had stated that they had not funded her music career.
However, unknown to the executive members of the board, the church's funds were used to run the project, said the CoC. At least $23 million was used over three years, the CoC said.
Funds from the church were diverted to finance the project under the guise of donations to its affliated church in Kuala Lumpur between December 2007 and May 2010.
The church - City Harvest Church Kuala Lumpur - then transmitted the monies to support the project in the United States (US).
Donations and tithes to the church were also transferred into a private fund known as the Multi-Purpose Account used to fund the project. Between April 2007 and March 2010, the funds used for purported expenditures of pastor Kong and his wife amounted to approximately $600,000 and $3 million respectively.
Pastor Kong's company sold over $3 million worth of merchandise to the church, but did not disclose his interests. Although he refunded the royalties, amounting to about $770,000, he was reimbursed for them from church funds.
http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815224.html
At the centre of the inquiry by the Commisioner of Charities is the City Harvest Church's Crossover Project and the misrepresentation on the use of the charity's fund.
The project was set up in 2002 purportedly to use Sun Ho's secular music to connect with people and reach out to non-Christians.
By 2003, it drew flak, with an individual alleged in the media that the Charity was funding Sun Ho's music career. Although he apologised later and retracted his allegations, the church had stated that they had not funded her music career.
However, unknown to the executive members of the board, the church's funds were used to run the project, said the CoC. At least $23 million was used over three years, the CoC said.
Funds from the church were diverted to finance the project under the guise of donations to its affliated church in Kuala Lumpur between December 2007 and May 2010.
The church - City Harvest Church Kuala Lumpur - then transmitted the monies to support the project in the United States (US).
Donations and tithes to the church were also transferred into a private fund known as the Multi-Purpose Account used to fund the project. Between April 2007 and March 2010, the funds used for purported expenditures of pastor Kong and his wife amounted to approximately $600,000 and $3 million respectively.
Pastor Kong's company sold over $3 million worth of merchandise to the church, but did not disclose his interests. Although he refunded the royalties, amounting to about $770,000, he was reimbursed for them from church funds.
http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815224.html
it seems that it's the horsey face that landed kong hee fatt choy in all these trouble...
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CAD charges are against individuals, not the church: DPM Teo
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also Home Affairs Minister, has weighed in on the arrests of the five senior members of the City Harvest Church on Tuesday morning, following a Commercial Affairs Department investigation into financial irregularities at the church.
DPM Teo said: 'I would like to stress that the charges filed by CAD are against five individuals from the City Harvest Church (CHC) regarding the use of Church funds. They are not filed against CHC itself. The CHC is free to continue its church services and activities.'
He said that the CAD carries out investigations upon receiving information that a criminal offence may have been committed, and it had previously also investigated the National Kidney Foundation and Ren Ci.
'As the matter is now before the courts, we should let the law take its course and avoid speculation or making pre-judgements that may unnecessarily stir up emotions,' he said.
http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815199.html
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also Home Affairs Minister, has weighed in on the arrests of the five senior members of the City Harvest Church on Tuesday morning, following a Commercial Affairs Department investigation into financial irregularities at the church.
DPM Teo said: 'I would like to stress that the charges filed by CAD are against five individuals from the City Harvest Church (CHC) regarding the use of Church funds. They are not filed against CHC itself. The CHC is free to continue its church services and activities.'
He said that the CAD carries out investigations upon receiving information that a criminal offence may have been committed, and it had previously also investigated the National Kidney Foundation and Ren Ci.
'As the matter is now before the courts, we should let the law take its course and avoid speculation or making pre-judgements that may unnecessarily stir up emotions,' he said.
http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-1/Story/STIStory_815199.html
Curious about CHC official financial filing with MCYS?
pdf details here: http://www.mediafire.com/?kj26aoyabogi1fo
pdf details here: http://www.mediafire.com/?kj26aoyabogi1fo
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Euphemism = diverted $24 million of the church's
building fund to finance the
music career of singer Sun Ho,
who is Kong's wife.
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A euphemism is a generally harmless word, name, or phrase that substitutes an offensive or suggestive one.[1] Some euphemisms intend to amuse, while others intend to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely. Euphemisms also often take the place of profanity. The opposite of euphemism roughly equates to dysphemism.
building fund to finance the
music career of singer Sun Ho,
who is Kong's wife.
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A euphemism is a generally harmless word, name, or phrase that substitutes an offensive or suggestive one.[1] Some euphemisms intend to amuse, while others intend to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely. Euphemisms also often take the place of profanity. The opposite of euphemism roughly equates to dysphemism.
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Euphemism
we want the Truth !
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we want the Truth !
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we want to know how many of these were purchased :
a) horses
b) BMWs
c) gold taps
d) houses
e) farms
f) shoes
g) condos
h) casinos visits
i) etc etc etc
we want to know how many of these were purchased :
a) horses
b) BMWs
c) gold taps
d) houses
e) farms
f) shoes
g) condos
h) casinos visits
i) etc etc etc
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