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SINGAPORE – Six former City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders have been permanently barred from holding key positions in a charity organisation, said the Commissioner of Charities (COC) in a statement on Wednesday (May 24).
The COC said the decision was made after a review which had taken into account that the six leaders – Kong Hee, John Lam, Tan Ye Peng, Sharon Tan, Serina Wee and Chew Eng Han – were convicted of criminal breach of trust, which included falsification of accounts involving dishonesty and deception.
The COC said that as a result of the decision, the six former leaders “are permanently barred from having general control and management of the administration of any charity”.
The COC also named two more church staffers, Kelvin Teo Meng How and Jacqueline Tan Su Pheng – both executive members of CHC – and said that they were “comparatively less culpable” than the six convicted leaders in the “mismanagement and misconduct” of the church.
Teo exercises general control and management of the administration of the church, said the COC.
Warning letters were issued to the two individuals as they had adhered “to the voluntary suspension from their respective positions” in the church for a period of four years since 2013.
However, they were also listed under a new Restriction Order, along with the six convicted leaders, that prevents them from holding office or being employed by the church without the COC’s prior approval.
“This is to ensure that the charitable assets of CHC are safeguarded at all times,” said the COC.
It added that they will not be barred from performing religious duties.
http://m.todayonline.com/singapore/...hurch-leaders-barred-holding-office-charities
The COC said the decision was made after a review which had taken into account that the six leaders – Kong Hee, John Lam, Tan Ye Peng, Sharon Tan, Serina Wee and Chew Eng Han – were convicted of criminal breach of trust, which included falsification of accounts involving dishonesty and deception.
The COC said that as a result of the decision, the six former leaders “are permanently barred from having general control and management of the administration of any charity”.
The COC also named two more church staffers, Kelvin Teo Meng How and Jacqueline Tan Su Pheng – both executive members of CHC – and said that they were “comparatively less culpable” than the six convicted leaders in the “mismanagement and misconduct” of the church.
Teo exercises general control and management of the administration of the church, said the COC.
Warning letters were issued to the two individuals as they had adhered “to the voluntary suspension from their respective positions” in the church for a period of four years since 2013.
However, they were also listed under a new Restriction Order, along with the six convicted leaders, that prevents them from holding office or being employed by the church without the COC’s prior approval.
“This is to ensure that the charitable assets of CHC are safeguarded at all times,” said the COC.
It added that they will not be barred from performing religious duties.
http://m.todayonline.com/singapore/...hurch-leaders-barred-holding-office-charities