corrupted city harvest church leaders win appeal

'We can only promise you a judgment asap,' said Judge Chao, who added that the trial's record was voluminous. City Harvest Church of Singapore Pastors Sun Ho and husband Kong Hee are seen in this photo shared online by Kong on Aug. Six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders were at the High Court on Thursday (15 September) to Wednesday (21 September) for an appeal hearing. The appeal, which ended at about 5.30pm, was heard by Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin, and Justices Woo Bih Li and Chan Seng Onn. SINGAPORE - A three-judge panel on Friday morning (April 7) reduced the jail sentences for all six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders who were convicted of criminal breach of trust and. SINGAPORE When Presiding Judge of the State Courts See Kee Oon sentenced six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders last year for misappropriating S50.6 million of church funds, he had erred in. The six were given jail terms of between 21 months and eight years, with Kong facing the longest term.

The lower court handed out much lower terms in part because it found that the six had not been motivated by personal gain, and the church had not suffered any wrongful loss. The prosecution asked for much harsher sentences - jail terms of 11 to 12 years jail for Kong, CHC deputy senior pastor Tan Ye Peng, former CHC fund manager Chew Eng Han and former CHC finance manager Serina Wee eight to nine years for former CHC finance committee member John Lam and five to six years for former CHC finance manager Sharon Tan. 'What we submit is, this is not a case of altruistic individuals who nobly set out to fulfil the goals of CHC.' 'Restitution amounts to saying 'I am sorry', and this is not something we have heard from the offenders in this case,' he said. He pointed out that the offenders had not shown remorse - which ordinarily could be a mitigating factor.

Corrupted city harvest church leaders win appeal