![]() (Photo: Sharlene Sankaran/Yahoo Singapore) 2 /9 City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee (right) with his wife Sun Ho (left). In differing from Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin and Justice Woo Bih Li, he had called for a dismissal of both the six accused and prosecution's appeals. City Harvest Church leaders in court for appeal hearing. The funds misappropriated were channelled to the Crossover Project, which was the church's mission to evangelise using Ms Ho's pop music. Justice Chan Seng Onn had expressed reservations about the mitigating factors, including the fact that the transactions had benefited Kong and his wife, Ms Ho Yeow Sun, as well as financial loss to the church. Thus, his overall culpability and criminality are the greatest among the six. Kong, 52, who had been sentenced to an eight-year jail term was given three-and-a-half instead. He was also one of the main players - if not the main one - who had directed and influenced the others to using the church's Building Fund to purchase sham bonds, even if he did not directly participate in redeeming them. The Court of Appeal on Friday (April 7) allowed the appeals of City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders against their convictions to a limited extent and reduced their sentences. Kong's role was that of "spiritual leader" of the five others, providing the "overall direction and moral assurance for their actions", the court said. The court held that the accused intended to defraud as they knew that the various transactions were meant to create false appearances. 05 October 2020 - 13 November 2020 The public prosecutor is appealing to reinstate the original convictions of the six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders. These charges were related to entries recorded in the church's accounts in October and early November 2009 to show that the sham bonds purchased by the church's building funds were redeemed. Why were the account falsification charges upheld? 11:03AM (Updated: 10:43AM) SINGAPORE: The founder of City Harvest Church was released from jail on Thursday (Aug 22) after doing time for his role. ![]()
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