John Lam

Sentences ranging from 21 months to 8 years were delivered this afternoon for the six. Judge agrees to defer the start date to Jan 11 next year.

Phil Pringle, City Harvest Church’s advisory pastor, was in court yesterday morning to support CHC’s senior pastor Kong Hee. We spoke to him after the verdict.

While the verdict pronounced by the court today was disappointing to many, members are assured by the leadership team and church board that have been helming CHC the last three years.

15 Sep 2015 – Summary of CHC hearing.

检辩双方今日在庭上总结陈词。

资深律师唐振辉表示，法院还未考虑检方每项证据的完整语境之前，不可对被告的思想状态做出推断。

The court cannot be asked to draw inferences about the accused parties’ state of mind without considering the full context of each piece of the prosecution’s evidence, said Senior Counsel Edwin Tong.

被告的思想状态以及他们对专业人士意见的依赖，加上检方举证中的弱点形成了辩方今日口述陈词的要点。