CHC Trial
Many questions were raised during this tranche, particularly during the testimony and cross-examination of Kong Hee. City News Weekly addresses some of these.
CHC Trial
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Since Chew Eng Han’s former lawyer senior counsel Michael Khoo raised the question of what actually constituted the First Information Report, senior counsel N Sreenivasan has been pursuing the matter. What was this “communication” from the COC that sparked off the CAD investigation into City Harvest Church?
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The first three of the six defendants—John Lam, Kong Hee and Sharon Tan—have taken the stand to bear witness to what they believe is the truth in the ongoing case against them. City News Weekly takes stock.
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03 October 2014 – Summary of CHC hearing.
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Sharon Tan’s lawyer seeks to show that what the prosecution calls a round-tripping of church funds was really a bridging loan.
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A pillar of the prosecution’s case against Sharon Tan has been that the Advance Rental Licensing Agreement was used to cover up the fact that church funds were used to redeem the Xtron and Firna bonds. This morning, senior counsel Kannan Ramesh established the true context of the plan.
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CHC’s retainer of Xtron is given clarity at re-examination this afternoon, as senior counsel Kannan Ramesh sets about unpicking the prosecution’s tangled web of accusations.
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26 September 2014 – Summary of CHC hearing.
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City Harvest Trial: Wahju Hanafi Made Independent Decision, Says Sharon Tan
Prosecution alleges that the Firna director had no control over funds, as the funds to redeem the Firna bonds came from the church.
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City Harvest Trial: Bond Redemption Plan Aimed To Resolve Audit Issues, Sharon Tan Explains
The finance manager tells the court that the redemption of the Xtron and Firna bonds was done to resolve audit issues and not to “create appearances”.
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City Harvest Trial: Crossover Project Was A Secular Project With A Godly Purpose
On the final day of her time on the stand, Sharon Tan testified that her motive behind the redemption plan was to protect the church, the Crossover and building project.
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City Harvest Trial: Role Of ARLA And SOF Transactions In Redemption Exercise Examined
The prosecution sought to establish that the Baker Tilly auditors were not informed about how the funds involved in the ARLA and SOF transactions were routed around to complete the redemption of the Xtron and Firna bonds.