Jail terms cut for CHC founder and five church leaders
Court, in split decision, finds that what the church leaders did satisfies the lesser form of criminal breach of trust
Singapore
SINGAPORE'S High Court of three judges, in a split decision, has reduced the sentences of the six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders involved in the long-drawn court case, also one of the largest scandals to hit the nation's charity sector.
Two of the three judges concluded that what church founder Kong Hee and five others did satisfied the less aggravated form of criminal breach of trust (CBT) under Section 406 of the Penal Code, not the original CBT charges under Section 409.
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