Strait Times ; City Harvest Church ex-finance chief charged with 10 criminal charges

"City Harvest Church (CHC) ex-finance chief Serina Wee, 35, was charged on Wednesday morning with 10 criminal charges - six for criminal breach of trust and four for falsifying accounts - over her alleged role in siphoning church funds at City Harvest Church.

She is the 6th person charged in the alleged misuse of funds case. Bail for Wee was set at $500,000 while that for the other five, including founding pastor Kong Hee, had been extended.

Earlier, Kong arrived at the Subordinate Court on Wednesday at 8.55am for a second mention in a high-profile case involving alleged misuse of millions in church funds.

He was the last among the senior church members charged a month ago to enter Court 26, with at least 100 church members inside the gallery and another 100 more standing outside the courtroom.

Kong was not accompanied by his wife Ho Yeow Sun this time.

Kong, 47, and church management board member John Lam Leng Hung, 44, face three charges of criminal breach of trust.

Kong's deputy Tan Ye Peng, 39; church finance manager Sharon Tan Shao Yuen, 36; and investment manager Chew Eng Han, 52 - face between seven and 10 charges of criminal breach of trust and falsifying accounts.

The first offence draws a maximum of 10 years' jail, and or a fine. The second, which Kong's charges come under, is punishable with a life sentence, or jail of up to 20 years and a fine.

An alleged $24 million from the mega-church's building fund was put into sham bond investments.

These investments in turn were channelled to finance the music career of Kong's pop celebrity wife Ho, 42. A further $26.6 million was allegedly used to cover up the initial $24 million. "

On strait time breaking news today!
Wah 10 charges...that will be a long time if they are guilty. maybe 10 years i guess. Wah.

What you think? then i saw this news

"City Harvest Church members hire legal heavyweights"

Published on Jul 25, 2012



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Kong Hee (in white shirt), founder of City Harvest Church was surrounded by supporters who shielded him from the media. He and four other church leaders were charged with the misuse of church's funds to finance the music career of his wife and singer, Ho Yeow Sun. -- MY PAPER PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
By Leonard Lim

The high-profile case involving the City Harvest Church looks set to be a dramatic - and costly - showdown with legal heavyweights getting into the fray.

With the exception of church founder Kong Hee, who is represented by Member of Parliament Edwin Tong, the five church members allegedly involved in the conspiracy have engaged Senior Counsels to be part of their legal team in court.

A Senior Counsel is a lawyer considered as an elite among the profession.

The five accused are CHC vice-chairman Tan Ye Peng, chairman John Lam Leng Hung, former finance chief Serina Wee, finance manager Sharon Tan and investment manager Chew Eng Han.

Lam has taken Senior Counsel Kenneth Tan and lawyer Nicholas Narayanan of Nicholas & Tan, while Tan is represented by SC Chelva Rajah and N Sreenivasan of Straits Law, Chew by SC Francis Xavier and Sharon Tan by SC Kannan Ramesh and Jeffrey Ong of JLC Advisors, and Wee by SC Andre Maniam.

The case had been adjourned to Aug 30 for a pre-trial conference."

wah this is amazing. a Minister is his lawyer. the rest use elite lawyers. They are so rich.