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Updated: 09/23/2014 23:20 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC had substantial control over Xtron payroll: Prosecution SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church had a "substantial degree of control and influence" over the payroll and staff salaries of production company Xtron, said Chief Prosecutor Mavis Chionh...

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...

City Harvest trial: E-mail with :) under the spotlight Emoticon would not be sent if there was a conspiracy, says accused Published on Sep 19, 2014 8:38 AM City Harvest Church's Chew Eng Han arriving at the State Courts on Aug 25, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM By Feng Zengkun A smiley...

Updated: 09/19/2014 22:59 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC trial: Church's finance manager says she does not know why she was charged SINGAPORE: More than two years after City Harvest Church’s finance manager was accused of falsifying accounts, Sharon Tan maintains that she does not know why she...

City Harvest trial: Finance head Sharon Tan says she had to consult her predecessor Serina Wee Finance head Tan says she had to consult her predecessor Wee Published on Sep 16, 2014 8:22 AM Sharon Tan checked with Serina Wee and co-accused Chew Eng Han before backdating the minutes of a...

City Harvest trial: Finance head Sharon Tan says she had to consult her predecessor Serina Wee Finance head Tan says she had to consult her predecessor Wee Published on Sep 16, 2014 8:22 AM Sharon Tan checked with Serina Wee and co-accused Chew Eng Han before backdating the minutes of a...

Updated: 09/12/2014 22:49 | By Channel NewsAsia "No concern" on investments, says City Harvest Church's finance manager SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church's finance manager, Sharon Tan, took the stand on Friday (Sep 12) for the first time since the trial began. She is one of six church leaders...

Updated: 09/10/2014 22:50 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC trial: No intention of hiding information from auditors, Kong says SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church had disclosed all information about its transactions to auditors, church founder Kong Hee maintained in court on Wednesday (Sep 10), during...

Updated: 09/08/2014 22:42 | By Channel NewsAsia Kong tried to wipe out links between City Harvest and Xtron: Prosecution SINGAPORE: The trial of the six City Harvest Church leaders resumed on Monday (Sep 8), with prosecutors charging that founder Kong Hee and several of his deputies had...

Online vice ring case: Another man jailed Published on Sep 2, 2014 2:14 PM Loh Ben-Ni, 34, was on Tuesday jailed for 10 weeks for having paid sex with an underage prostitute. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - A 34-year-old man was on Tuesday jailed for 10 weeks for having...

City Harvest trial: $2m to Xtron for was 'legitimate services', says Kong Pastor denies church money was slated to help music firm pay off loans Published on Aug 29, 2014 9:44 AM The prosecution says Kong Hee (above), Sharon Tan, Tan Ye Peng and Serina Wee were involved in e-mail...

Updated: 08/29/2014 22:38 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC board never told S$13m of bonds were for funding Crossover Project: Prosecution SINGAPORE: Prosecutors have charged that the six City Harvest Church leaders accused of misusing church monies "intentionally deceived" the management board and...

No record of church management approving initial bond buy, admits CHC founder Kong Feng Zengkun The Straits Times, My PaperTuesday, Aug 26, 2014 SINGAPORE - City Harvest founder Kong Hee admitted on Tuesday that, as far as he knew, there was no record of the church's management board...

Updated: 08/26/2014 23:31 | By Channel NewsAsia City Harvest trial: Prosecution says Xtron bonds were a sham SINGAPORE: In the high-profile City Harvest Church trial, the prosecution sought to prove that church founder Kong Hee gave the nod for the church to invest S$13 million in Xtron...

Church leaders tried to hide control over Xtron: DPP Defendants' e-mail correspondences show bid to hide this from auditors Published on Aug 22, 2014 9:34 AM City Harvest founder Kong Hee said that he and the defendants had only "some control" over Xtron. By Feng Zengkun City Harvest...

Updated: 08/22/2014 14:36 | By Channel NewsAsia City Harvest trial: Kong listed as ‘invisible’ manager in Xtron meeting SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee was listed as an "invisible" manager in the minutes of a meeting that laid out the management structure of Xtron...

Kong Hee lied to church members Ronald Loh The Straits Times Thursday, Aug 21, 2014 You lied. You used me. You shortchanged the faith of church members. Chew Eng Han's explosive accusations were made bluntly and pointedly at the pastor he followed for two decades. Facing the fire on the...

Sun Ho's music success 'exaggerated' Feng Zengkun The Straits Times Thursday, Aug 21, 2014 SINGAPORE - The music success of City Harvest pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun had been grossly exaggerated, former church treasurer Chew Eng Han said in court on Monday. Her success was a result of church...

Updated: 08/21/2014 23:20 | By Channel NewsAsia Kong Hee wanted to distance financing of Sun Ho's music career from church SINGAPORE: Prosecutors have pointed out that City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee had, until 2010, concealed from the church's executive members the real reason why...

Updated: 08/20/2014 14:33 | By Channel NewsAsia CHC trial: Kong 'evasive' so as not to implicate himself, prosecution charges SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee was being evasive so as not to implicate himself in the bond transactions, the prosecution charged, as it resumed its...