Tag Archives: Criminal Breach of Trust

Prominent lawyer Lim Tean was arrested by three plainclothes police officers in his office on 2 Oct 2020. This shocking move comes as Lim Tean was in the midst of helping Leong Sze Hian prepare a defence against a defamation trial filed by the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, which will be heard next week.

The appeal hearing for City Harvest Church is ongoing today. CHC is accused of misappropriating S$50 million worth of church funds. S$24 million of this was spent on Sun Ho's singing career, which included lavish and wasteful spending on Sun's luxurious lifestyle in the US.

On Tuesday, two principals from PAP Community Foundation centres were charged in Court for misappropriating cash amounting up to $100,000. Bavani V R Kumaran was charged with 2 counts of CBT (Criminal Breach of Trust) while she was Principal of PCF sparkletots Preschool in Ang Mo Kio. Bavani had used $13,540 for her personal use. Similarly, Anna Koh aka Susie Koh was charged with 4 counts of CBT for misappropriating $79,200 of PCF funds while she was the centre's Principal.

Jeganathan Ramasamy, a former Director with the SCDF was sentenced to 10 weeks jail for misappropriating 2 iPads in 2011. He was found guilty of criminal breach of trust after a 10 day trial.

On Wednesday, City Harvest Church (CHC) founder Kong Hee was found guilty, along with 5 other CHC elders, of misappropriating S$24 million of church funds to finance his wife's attempt to become a pop star in the United States. They then used another S$26 million to try and cover up the amount through sham bonds.

A reader of ours has gotten into trouble with his company, who called the police to arrest him after a dispute over payment. He says that he is in-charge of accounts for his company, but was arrested because he did not hand over payments for his client immediately after he received them. Is there any lawyer willing to advise him?

After appearing before the State Courts on Thursday 23 July 2015, former NTUC Chairman and Member of Parliament Phey Yew Kok faces 28 more charges. This brings the total number of charges to 34. Phey has been on the run for 36 years before turning himself in to the authorities.

Former NTUC president and Member of Parliament Phey Yew Kok was charged today for offences that he committed more than 3 decades ago. He had been charged with 4 counts of criminal breach of trust amounting to $83,000 in December 1979, but had jumped bail and fled Singapore in 1980 to escape his charges. At the time, he also faced 2 charges under the Trade Unions Act for investing $18,000 of trade union money in a private supermarket without the approval of the minister.

A former director of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), 63 year-old Jeganathan Ramasamy, will head back to the State Courts on Tuesday to face charges over his misappropriation of 2 iPads in 2011. He faces 2 charges of criminal breach of trust for obtaining two iPad 2 devices from NCS Pte Ltd while serving as a director of the SCDF's technology department.

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.