In November 2015, City Harvest Church co-founder Kong Hee and five of his fellow church leaders appealed against their convictions and sentences for criminal breach of trust and funds misappropriation.
At the same time, the prosecution also appealed for a harsher sentence for all six church leaders in the largest case of misuse of charitable funds in Singapore history.
Barring any attempt on either side (the convicts or the prosecutors in this case) to put a question of law to the Court of Appeal — the highest court in the land — these decisions made by the three judges presiding over this appeal will stand as final.
We'll be updating this page with the outcome of each person's case, as Judge of Appeal Chao Tick Hin, Justices Woo Bih Li and Chan Seng Onn read out their collective decision on each person's appeals:
1) Kong Hee, 52, CHC co-founder
Convicted of: Three charges of criminal breach of trust
Initially sentenced to: Eight years' jail
He appealed for: His conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: 11 to 12 years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 3 years and 6 months jail.
2) Chew Eng Han, 55, former CHC fund manager
Convicted of: Six charges of criminal breach of trust; four charges of falsification of accounts
Initially sentenced to: Six years' jail
He appealed for: His conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: 11 to 12 years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 3 years four months jail.
3) Tan Ye Peng, 43, founding member and deputy senior pastor
Convicted of: Six charges of criminal breach of trust; four charges of falsification of accounts
Initially sentenced to: Five and a half years' jail
He appealed for: His conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: 11 to 12 years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 3 years 2 months jail
4) Serina Wee, 39, former CHC finance manager
Convicted of: Six charges of criminal breach of trust; four charges of falsification of accounts
Initially sentenced to: Five years' jail
She appealed for: Her conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: 11 to 12 years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 2.5 years jail.
5) John Lam, 47, former CHC finance committee member
Convicted of: Three charges of criminal breach of trust
Initially sentenced to: Three years' jail
He appealed for: His conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: Eight to nine years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 18 months jail.
6) Sharon Tan, 40, former CHC finance manager who took over from Wee
Convicted of: Three charges of criminal breach of trust; four charges of falsification of accounts
Initially sentenced to: 21 months' jail
Appealed for: Her conviction and sentence to be overturned
Prosecutors appealed for: Five to six years' jail
JUDGES' DECISION: Conviction upheld. Sentence reduced to 7 months jail.
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