![]() ![]() ![]() (Photo: Sharlene Sankaran/Yahoo Singapore) 2 /9 City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee (right) with his wife Sun Ho (left). Kong, 52, who had been sentenced to an eight-year jail term was given three-and-a-half instead. Likewise, Tan Ye Peng said the prosecution’s move was also “one of the considerations” in his decision to appeal. City Harvest Church leaders in court for appeal hearing. 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. Here are the numbers at a glance:More de. The bail amounts remain the same for the rest of them.Īsked about their decision to appeal, Sharon Tan’s lawyer Paul Seah told the media that the prosecution’s decision to appeal “makes up part of” their decision to appeal. The jail sentences for City Harvest Church founder-pastor Kong Hee and five former church leaders have been reduced. TODAY understands that Kong also had his bail amount increased from S$1 million to S$1.5 million as he plans to travel during this period. With the counter-appeal lodged by the six, the State Courts will serve a record of the court proceedings to all parties on Jan 4, and they will have 14 days to file a petition of appeal, Chew told the media today. SINGAPORE A five-day hearing in September this year has been scheduled in the High Court for the six former City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders who filed an appeal against their. But the judge said that while the case involved huge sums of charity monies and serious breaches of trust, there was no personal gain and no financial loss to the church. The prosecution had earlier called for the six to be jailed for about five to 12 years each to reflect the gravity of their offences. ![]() Last week, the prosecution appealed against the sentences imposed on the church leaders after they found that the sentences were “manifestly inadequate, in all the circumstances of the case”. The six - CHC founder Kong Hee, 51 the church’s former second-in-command Tan Ye Peng, 42 former church investment manager Chew Eng Han, 55 former church board member John Lam, 47 former church finance managers Serina Wee, 38, and Sharon Tan, 40 - were found guilty last month of criminal breach of trust and falsification of accounts, and sentenced to jail ranging 21 months to eight years. SINGAPORE - The six convicted former leaders of City Harvest Church (CHC) filed notices of appeal against both their conviction and sentences at a closed-door hearing at the State Courts this afternoon (Dec 2). ![]()
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