SINGAPORE
BBC News
Six senior officials of Singapore’s City Harvest megachurch have been jailed over a $50m Singapore dollar ($35m; £23m) fraud case.
The evangelical church’s pastor and founder, Kong Hee, was jailed for eight years – others received between 21 months and six years.
The court ruled last month the group had misused church finances to fund the music career of Kong’s wife, Sun Ho.
All denied the charges – the church had supported them during the trial.
State prosecutors said before sentencing it was “the largest amount of charity funds ever misappropriated in Singapore’s legal history”.
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