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21 year-old Aloysius Goh Jun Yuan was sentenced to 27 months of probation today after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force to outrage the modesty of 14 year-old boys in February last year. In both occasions, he had grabbed the boys' groins at Tanah Merah MRT station without any explanation.

On the line, I have Nathan Avidan. Nathan has spent 17 yrs in the ministry as a pastor and he is focusing his attention on the Church in the nation of Singapore. I’ve asked him to come on Fighting for the Faith to discuss the Kong Hee scandal, and its implications on the churches in Singapore and the world. Nathan thank you for coming on Fighting for the Faith

Deputy Prosecutor Ms Mavis Chionh slammed the 6 senior leaders of City Harvest Church (CHC) involved in the long-running CHC court case yesterday as she gave her concluding oral submissions to the court. Tearing apart the defense given by each of the leaders, Ms Chionh exposed each of the 6 co-accused of trying their best to distance themselves from the alleged crime while trying to pin blame on church accountants and church investment manager Chew Eng Han, also one of the co-accused on trial.

In a Facebook post this morning, millionaire City Harvest Church pastor Kong Hee has accused the Straits Times (ST) of lying about how luxurious Kong's Sentosa Cove home is. He was responding to an article written by ST using information obtained from an unnamed investor, who had allegedly viewed Kong Hee's home while making an offer to buy it.

The millionaire pastor of City Harvest Church, 50 year-old Kong Hee, has put his luxurious penthouse family suite in Sentosa Cove up for sale, and he is asking for a record smashing $10 million for the duplex unit. Kong Hee and his celebrity wife, Ho Yeow Sun, paid $9.33 million in 2007 for the unit. Kong and 5 other CHC personnel are involved in a high profile trial over the alleged misuse of $50 million of church funds, which has been slow in its execution. Court proceedings have dragged on for at least over 2 years, which has led some netizens to accuse Kong and his followers of purposely delaying proceedings to waste time and court resources.

The "star" of the City Harvest Church (CHC) trial, Sun Ho aka Ho Yeow Sun, appeared in court today to speak as a defense witness at the request of former CHC investment manager Chew Eng Han. In her testimony, Sun said that the crossover project, which involved spending millions of dollars of church money on Sun Ho's music careers in Taiwan, China and the US, was not meant for herself, but to reach out to celebrities in the entertainment world.

During her final day on the witness stand, former CHC finance manager Serina Wee denied all ten charges against her. She said that she would never break the law and that her actions were to "see the vision of God come to pass".

She is the central figure in one of the longest-running trials in Singapore. Millions of dollars - taken from church funds - were allegedly misused to fund her music career. More money was then allegedly used to cover up the original amount. And Ms Ho Yeow Sun, 42, may appear in court and testify as the trial against the six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders resumes today.

After years of legal wrangling, the former accounts manager from City Harvest Church, Chew Eng Han, has finally spilled the beans on the biggest local church scandal in recent years. On 20th March, Chew Eng Han admitted before the court about how church money was used to buyback Sun Ho's (He Yeow Sun) music albums. He led the courts through 2 music charts and showed how several hundreds of thousands of dollars in church money had helped drive Sun Ho's albums to the number 1 spots on the music charts in 2002 and 2006.

He was one of the church leaders fingered in a criminal probe against the City Harvest Church (CHC) for criminal breach of trust. Now, Chew Eng Han is now facing a lawsuit from CHC for about $21 million that his investment firm, AMAC Capital Partners, allegedly owes the church. The New Paper obtained CHC's statement of claim, Chew's defence, and the church's reply to his written defence for this civil suit, which is fixed for a pre-trial conference on Dec 23.