All Kong Hee and City Harvest stuff here please...

[leetahbar]

the longer it adjourned, the longer they shall stay in changi resort. relaying of appropriate sentencing in singapore law context is terribly slow pace especially to powderful influential hooleey fuckers.

 

[RedHat]

City Harvest executive pastor to continue helming church affairs

City Harvest Church said its executive pastor Aries Zulkarnain will continue to helm church affairs.

City Harvest church at Jurong Street 91 - TODAY photo.

SINGAPORE: City Harvest Church said Wednesday that its executive pastor Aries Zulkarnain will continue to helm church affairs, after consultation with the organisation's management board.

Mr Zulkarnain, who is also the church’s management board's chairman, began leading the organisation some 10 months ago when Pastor Kong and other leaders were suspended from their duties.

The Commissioner of Charities (COC) on Tuesday said that it was considering removing eight church leaders from their posts as not all had agreed to voluntarily extend their suspension until six months after the criminal trial, which starts on 15 May.

The COC previously found in an inquiry that there were financial irregularities of at least S$23 million in the management of church funds.

Channel NewsAsia understands that the church leaders’ lawyers are studying the Commissioner's report and will decide whether to make representations on why they should not be removed.

All representations to the COC have to be made by 13 May.

The COC emphasised on Tuesday that its actions are independent and separate from the criminal proceedings against six of the suspended individuals.

- CNA/jc

 

[tonychat]

Wahahhahah.....pray to lord and praise the lord until they go to jail. Oh maybe it is a plan by god to make them preach to the inmates. It is their calling.

 

[coogans]

Wahahhahah.....pray to lord and praise the lord until they go to jail. Oh maybe it is a plan by god to make them preach to the inmates. It is their calling.

How come you know the meaning of inmates? You were one before for being too sinkiefied?

 

[eat_n_die]

Wahahhahah.....pray to lord and praise the lord until they go to jail. Oh maybe it is a plan by god to make them preach to the inmates. It is their calling.

He and the rest are considering to have their religion change??? Hmm, very interesting....

 

[Vinnie]

Judge explains why City Harvest member denied foreign senior counsel

POSTED: 11 Apr 2013 4:51 PM

Judge of Appeal V K Rajah said Wednesday that the admission of foreign senior counsel could be granted in cases where the interests of an individual or issues pertaining solely to that individual “are so out of the ordinary that they require special consideration”

A boat sails past Parliament House (R) and the Supreme Court (L) along the river in Singapore. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)

SINGAPORE: The admission of foreign senior counsel, such as a Queen’s Counsel, could be granted in cases where the interests of an individual or issues pertaining solely to that individual “are so out of the ordinary that they require special consideration”, Judge of Appeal V K Rajah said Wednesday.

For example, an individual may be able to establish that his case is exceptional if he can prove that, despite all reasonable efforts conscientiously made, he cannot find any competent local counsel to represent him.

This “exceptional case” would then constitute as a “special reason” under the Legal Profession Act, said Justice Rajah in a 50-page judgment released on Wednesday.

In it, he laid out the legal principles governing applications for the ad hoc admission of foreign senior counsel in criminal cases and further explained why City Harvest Church member Chew Eng Han’s application for an elite British lawyer was dismissed last month.

Chew is among six church leaders charged last June with conspiring to cheat the church of millions of dollars by funnelling S$24 million into sham investments to further the career of Senior Pastor Kong Hee’s pop-singer wife, and then misappropriating another S$26.6 million to cover up the misuse of the first sum.

Under the Legal Profession Act, there are three areas — criminal law, family law, and constitutional and administrative law — where the courts will weigh the need for foreign lawyers.

Justice Rajah said it would be mandatory for the “special reason” criterion to be made out for applications for foreign senior counsel involving the three restricted areas of law.

In addition, four requirements, such as the nature of the factual and legal issues involved, as well as the necessity for the services of a foreign senior counsel, must be satisfied before one is admitted, he added.

At the hearing, Deputy Chief Counsel Aurill Kam, who represented the Attorney-General, felt that a case must raise significant matters of “a macro nature” before it can be considered an exception.

Justice Rajah, however, felt that there “is no sound policy reason to limit the court’s discretion to only cases of a macro nature”. “It would be preferable for the court to simply decide, based on the facts and circumstances of each case, whether the case before it is exceptional,” he added.

For Chew’s application, Justice Rajah found that the factual and legal issues involved in his case were not complex enough to justify the ad hoc admission of a foreign senior counsel.

The High Court Judge was also satisfied that there was an untapped “substantial number of more than competent local counsel and senior counsel to represent the accused in the criminal proceedings”.

Last month, Chew appointed Senior Counsel Michael Khoo to represent him, three days after his application was dismissed by Justice Rajah.

-TODAY/jc

 

[Vinnie]

Charities watchdog clears air on bid to remove City Harvest leaders

By Tan Dawn Wei
The Straits Times
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013

SINGAPORE - The commissioner's office explained that there are avenues available to each of the eight to have their cases heard.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

The Commissioner of Charities (COC) has released a statement below to clarify the bid to remove eight church members from City Harvest Church's office. This announcement came after the City Harvest supporters have pointed that the COC's report on the supposedly mismanagement of funds at the church has not been made public.

Here is the full statement from The Office of the Commissioner of Charities:

COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES ACTS TO PROTECT CHARITABLE ASSETS - INVITES REPRESENTATIONS TO PROPOSAL TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS BACKGROUND

Pursuant to section 8 of the Charities Act ("the Act"), the Commissioner of Charities ("COC") instituted an Inquiry into the City Harvest Church ("the Charity") on May 31, 2010. From the Report of the Inquiry dated February 7, 2011 ("the Inquiry Report"), it was revealed that there was misconduct and mismanagement in the administration of the Charity, particularly in relation to the funds that were in the

Building Fund which had been raised and earmarked for specific purposes. Financial irregularities of at least $23 million from the funds have been discovered. These funds were used with the purported intention to finance Ho Yeow Sun's secular music career.

The Inquiry found that there was a concerted effort to conceal the movement of funds from its stakeholders. The details of the main acts of misconduct and mismanagement as extracted from the Report of the Inquiry are provided in the Annex.

 

[laksaboy]

CHC will experience an exodus of members if the mat Aries becomes the head pastor.

Lower attendance = lower tithes and offerings = lower profits.

That is why modern mega churches focus a lot on attendance.

 

[sukhoi-30]

I think that assistant Pastor Aries Zulkarnain is not a mat but an Indonesian Chinese.

If i am not wrong Kong heee family is also Indonesian chinese.

 

[kongsimi]

Wahahhahah.....pray to lord and praise the lord until they go to jail. Oh maybe it is a plan by god to make them preach to the inmates. It is their calling.

go to jail is small matter, kena chop head also have...

scared means scared lah! dun give excuse not to allow queen's counsel in the court.

loser!

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

CHC will experience an exodus of members if the mat Aries becomes the head pastor.

Lower attendance = lower tithes and offerings = lower profits.

That is why modern mega churches focus a lot on attendance.

they should get a Spaniard................then make him look like Jesus..........heck, get a Spaniard named Jesus................then bullshit say he got Stigmata..................

later get those guys working for Criss Angel to bullshit say he can walk on water....................

then declare the new pastor as the 2nd coming of Jesus..................

City Harvest will be richer and more powerful than Vatican liao...............

 

[PUNISHER]

"The admission of foreign senior counsel, such as a Queen’s Counsel, could be granted in cases where the interests of an individual or issues pertaining solely to that individual “are so out of the ordinary that they require special consideration”, Judge of Appeal V K Rajah said Wednesday"

What's so out of the ordinary ? it's just another cheating case but this time it involved religion and alot of delusional members still supporting it . Why not they just say this case if not handle properly will have some political influences among the next election !!

 

[PUNISHER]

go to jail is small matter, kena chop head also have...

scared means scared lah! dun give excuse not to allow queen's counsel in the court.

loser!

Ah kong should be the one feeling very scare now if not why still ask his blind supporter to support him ? He think that by doing that it will pressure the judge to give him a lighter sentence .

 

[halsey02]

Either way God is the winner.

If KH loses he goes to jail, more will be saved.

If KH wins, more will also be saved.

"so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." Matthew 5:45 NASB

It will depend if KHFC is bowing wowards BAAL or to his God that is in heaven? he will have to pay his dues to "Ceasar" and then later to his God!

 

[Hans168]

anyone has email of Commissioner of Charities?

 

[PUNISHER]

Either way God is the winner.

If KH loses he goes to jail, more will be saved.

If KH wins, more will also be saved.

"God" are loser in either way

If kong lose ppl will lost faith in "god"
If kong win , ppl will think that " god " is blind

 

[Hans168]

"The admission of foreign senior counsel, such as a Queen’s Counsel, could be granted in cases where the interests of an individual or issues pertaining solely to that individual “are so out of the ordinary that they require special consideration”, Judge of Appeal V K Rajah said Wednesday"

What's so out of the ordinary ? it's just another cheating case but this time it involved religion and alot of delusional members still supporting it . Why not they just say this case if not handle properly will have some political influences among the next election !!

Out of ordinary could me it is related to God...........

 

[PUNISHER]

Out of ordinary could me it is related to God...........

Very unlikely , if its because of " god " , then they won't be charged in the first place . the judge need to balance things up because there's members who tulan because kana con and there's members willing to be Kena con

 

[halsey02]

anyone has email of Commissioner of Charities?

Email Address : [email protected] http://app.sgdi.gov.sg/listing.asp?agency_subtype=dept&agency_id=0000023171 do a google...

Commissioner of Charities LOW Puk Yeong
68378281 [email protected]

 

[Hans168]

they should get a Spaniard................then make him look like Jesus..........heck, get a Spaniard named Jesus................then bullshit say he got Stigmata..................

later get those guys working for Criss Angel to bullshit say he can walk on water....................

then declare the new pastor as the 2nd coming of Jesus..................

City Harvest will be richer and more powerful than Vatican liao...............

There is NO such thing as Stigmata - proven by scientific investigations. Only fraudsters seeking glory incl a catholic priest . Father Kang is also a catholic priest.