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City Harvest trial: Finance manager concedes her action may have deceived auditors Published on Sep 26, 2014 3:56 PM City Harvest Church finance manager Sharon Tan broke down on the stand on Friday, even as she conceded that information she had inserted into church board meeting minutes may...

Updated: 09/24/2014 22:59 | By Channel NewsAsia Prosecution accuses CHC finance manager of "creative misinterpretation" of emails SINGAPORE: The City Harvest Church trial continued on Wednesday (Sep 24), with the prosecution accusing the finance manager Sharon Tan of "lying" and "creative...

CHC Trial: Finance manager says she "shouldn't have" backdated meeting minutes Published on Sep 23, 2014 9:35 PM On her second day under cross-examination by the Prosecution on Tuesday, City Harvest Church finance manager Sharon Tan admitted that she "shouldn't have" backdated the minutes...

Updated: 09/22/2014 22:57 | By Channel NewsAsia City Harvest trial: Phone messages of church's finance manager under scrutiny SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church's finance manager Sharon Tan was queried about a series of messages on her phone, namely on advance rental given by the church to...

Updated: 09/17/2014 22:44 | By Channel NewsAsia Xtron planned to give City Harvest S$10m discount on 'advance rental': CHC finance manager SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church finance manager Sharon Tan cried on Wednesday (Sep 17), her fourth day on the stand. She was being questioned by her...

City Harvest trial: Accused Sharon Tan weeps while quizzed by own lawyer Published on Sep 18, 2014 7:49 AM "Your honour, I believe I remain consistent," said Tan as she addressed the judge, before starting to weep at the end of her fourth day on the stand. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM By...

Updated: 09/15/2014 23:12 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC trial: Kong Hee said Xtron was like City Harvest's "own GIC" SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church board members were told to be discreet about the relationship between the church and music production company Xtron Productions, said the church's...

City Harvest Trial: Auditors would've known of links to Xtron, says Kong Hee No attempt by church to obfuscate close ties to music firm, says Kong Hee Published on Sep 11, 2014 7:56 AM In his third day on the stand this week, church founder Kong Hee maintained there was never any attempt by...

Kong Hee chokes up in court as he talks about 'traumatic' time for young son Published on Sep 11, 2014 2:04 PM City Harvest Church (CHC) founder Kong Hee at the courts on Sept 11, 2014. Kong choked up a few times on the stand on Thursday as he told the court how investigations into financial...

Updated: 09/11/2014 15:34 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC trial: Kong Hee could not in "good conscience" commit to "unreasonable budget" SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee on Thursday (Sep 11) said he could not in "good conscience" agree on negotiations with producers over the...

Updated: 09/09/2014 21:50 | By Channel NewsAsia Kong engaged in "lies and deceptions" to hide misuse of funds: Prosecution SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee engaged in "a series of lies and deceptions" over the years in order to "conceal and facilitate" the misuse of monies...

City Harvest trial: Kong Hee tried to hide Xtron-church links, says prosecution Published on Sep 9, 2014 8:51 AM City Harvest founder Kong Hee said he tried to pay off the cost of his wife's music album as he was trying to avoid any "misperception". By Joyce Lim City Harvest founder Kong...

CHC trial: Wee's brother had highlighted concerns Ronald Loh The New Paper Monday, Sep 01, 2014 Even Serina Wee's brother was kept in the dark about her work. In an e-mail presented by the prosecution yesterday, Wee said her brother, who was also a City Harvest Church (CHC) member, had...

City Harvest Trial: Serina Wee 'deceived brother about church business', says prosecution She hid information on church finances: Prosecution Published on Aug 30, 2014 8:52 AM Former Xtron accountant Serina Wee. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Feng Zengkun Former Xtron accountant Serina...

Kong Hee: I was just ignorant Ronald Loh The New Paper Thursday, Aug 28, 2014 He had claimed he was only helping out with liaisons and negotiations. Why then did City Harvest Church (CHC) founder Kong Hee ask for the title of managing director to be printed on his Xtron namecard? The...

City Harvest Church financial oversight teams 'part of conspiracy' Feng Zengkun The Straits Times Thursday, Aug 28, 2014 CITY HARVEST TRIAL They were supposed to act as checks and balances within City Harvest Church to prevent the misuse of church funds, but the oversight committees and the...

City Harvest trial: Kong 'did not care' about recovering church loan He allowed loan of money for wife's pop career but didn't track repayment: DPP Published on Aug 28, 2014 6:58 AM Kong said Xtron directors had the final say on the overall budget for Ms Ho's planned US debut album. By...

Updated: 08/28/2014 19:20 | By Channel NewsAsia Xtron was 'shell company' controlled by Kong: Prosecutors SINGAPORE: In the ongoing City Harvest Church trial, the prosecution has alleged that founder Kong Hee and his deputies manipulated transactions between the church and Xtron Productions...

City Harvest trial: Church 'invested $13m though album unlikely to succeed' Kong and other accused knew money would not be recouped in time: DPP Published on Aug 27, 2014 7:15 AM City Harvest founder Kong Hee insisted that he was not told of the discussions about the "200,000" sales...

Updated: 08/27/2014 23:48 | By Channel NewsAsia Kong told Sun Ho's album producers to plan 'as if the sky's the limit': Prosecutors SINGAPORE: In the ongoing City Harvest Church trial, the prosecution charged that founder Kong Hee and his deputies controlled when to draw down Xtron bonds...