City Harvest church founder Kong Hee and 4 others arrested
He was arrested together with four members of the church early this morning. -AsiaOne
Tue, Jun 26, 2012
AsiaOne
City Harvest church founder Kong Hee was arrested together with four others early on Tuesday morning.
Mr Kong, deputy Pastor Tan Ye Peng, and three other leaders from their church were picked up from their homes early this morning.
They were taken in for questioning over alleged misuse of church funds and alleged breaches under charity laws.
The police said that the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has conducted a thorough investigation and will be charging Kong Hee, Tan Ye Peng, Lam Leng Hung, Chew Eng Han and Tan Shao Yuen Sharon for Conspiracy to commit Criminal Breach of Trust as an Agent under section 409 read with section 109 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. Tan Ye Peng, Chew Eng Han and Tan Shao Yuen Sharon will also be charged for Conspiracy to commit Falsification of Accounts under section 477A of the Penal Code, Chapter 224.
All five persons will be charged in Court for the offences on 27 June 2012.
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