Capitalising Xtron to fund Sun's career 'was Chew's idea'

[SINGAPORE] The founder of the City Harvest Church yesterday testified that it was the church's investment manager who mooted the idea of using church funds to capitalise Xtron Productions, so that the firm could help singer Sun Ho launch her debut album in the United States.

Giving evidence for the third day in his own defence, Kong Hee, 49, said that, from May 2007, the directors of Xtron were trying to source for funds for Ms Ho's album.

Xtron is one of two firms alleged to have been used in the cover-up of the misuse of the church's building funds.