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The Office of the Commissioner of Charities (COC) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) are investigating financial transactions involving several individuals and companies connected to Singapore’s City Harvest Church.
This came after the COC received complaints of misuse of church funds against City Harvest Church.
Police have confirmed that Reverend Kong Hee, the leader of the mega-church with over 33,000 members, is among those assisting in an on-going investigation.
Kong Hee’s wife, Sun Ho, is a pop music singer, who currently resides in the United States. They have a son, Dayan Kong
A joint statement issued Monday by the COC and police said CAD officers visited the offices of the individuals and the companies under investigation on Monday morning.
According to a Straits Times report, seven individuals were detained in a raid at 6.30am and by noon, 12 people were said to be assisting in investigations involving charges of falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust.
The charges are said to be unrelated to previous investigations into City Harvest’s purchase of a S$310 million stake in Suntec City Convention Centre.
City Harvest members Yahoo! Singapore spoke to, however, are unperturbed by the ongoing investigations.
One of them, who wanted to be known as John, “I think its normal for big organisations to be ‘audited’. We will just have to wait and see what the outcome is from all this.”
Another member from the same church who preferred to remain anonymous thought otherwise.
“I think this is just another case of ‘cry wolf’, out to stir up trouble for Pastor Kong Hee, Sun and City Harvest,” she said.
The COC and CAD have given assurances that despite the ongoing investigations, services and religious activities of City Harvest Church will continue for its congregation.
The Office of the Commissioner of Charities (COC) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) are investigating financial transactions involving several individuals and companies connected to Singapore’s City Harvest Church.
This came after the COC received complaints of misuse of church funds against City Harvest Church.
Police have confirmed that Reverend Kong Hee, the leader of the mega-church with over 33,000 members, is among those assisting in an on-going investigation.
Kong Hee’s wife, Sun Ho, is a pop music singer, who currently resides in the United States. They have a son, Dayan Kong
A joint statement issued Monday by the COC and police said CAD officers visited the offices of the individuals and the companies under investigation on Monday morning.
According to a Straits Times report, seven individuals were detained in a raid at 6.30am and by noon, 12 people were said to be assisting in investigations involving charges of falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust.
The charges are said to be unrelated to previous investigations into City Harvest’s purchase of a S$310 million stake in Suntec City Convention Centre.
City Harvest members Yahoo! Singapore spoke to, however, are unperturbed by the ongoing investigations.
One of them, who wanted to be known as John, “I think its normal for big organisations to be ‘audited’. We will just have to wait and see what the outcome is from all this.”
Another member from the same church who preferred to remain anonymous thought otherwise.
“I think this is just another case of ‘cry wolf’, out to stir up trouble for Pastor Kong Hee, Sun and City Harvest,” she said.
The COC and CAD have given assurances that despite the ongoing investigations, services and religious activities of City Harvest Church will continue for its congregation.
