![]() Using an analogy, the DPP said that a person might take a Ferrari car if it was free, but if he had to use his own money to pay for it, then he may not be so supportive of the idea of taking the car. Their lawyers and Chew, who defended himself, have said they had acted in the church’s best interests and had no intention of causing wrongful loss to the church.Įarlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Christopher Ong asked if church members supported the project because they had not been given the “full facts” about how it was going to work. Prosecutors are seeking longer sentences of five to 12 years’ jail for the six, who were sentenced to between 21 months’ and eight years’ jail for criminal breach of trust and falsification of accounts.Īll six - Kong, his former second-in-command Tan Ye Peng, former church board member John Lam, former church fund manager Chew Eng Han and former church finance managers Serina Wee and Sharon Tan - are appealing against their convictions and sentences. Justice Chan posed the question of whether church members were asked if they supported the project’s objective or the way the church was going to carry out the project. “You can attract (a) bigger crowd, probably cheaper if you get an events manager.” “Kong Hee can (go) to the concert and then preach,” Justice Chan said, referring to CHC’s founder-pastor and Ho’s husband, who is one of the six appealing. Justice Chan Seng Onn said that there are cheaper ways to evangelise, such as having a Korean-pop concert, prompting laughter from the packed courtroom. “Can we not, therefore, say that actually they were doing something in pursuance of what they thought was church purpose, only they took the wrong route or the wrong means?” he asked. Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin, one of the three judges, noted that there is evidence to suggest that the Crossover Project was “generally endorsed” by the body of the church, but pointed out that “what is wrong here was the manner in which the church went about funding” the project. ![]() SINGAPORE - As the prosecution made its arguments for harsher sentences for the six present and former City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders in court on Wednesday (Sept 21), the judges presiding over the hearing for their appeal questioned the level of support from church members for the Crossover Project, which aimed to use church co-founder Ho Yeow Sun’s secular pop music to evangelise. ![]()
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