City Harvest Church founder charged for using charity's funds for wife

Kong Hee was charged with three counts of dishonestly using the funds to finance his wife’s singing career, says Bloomberg.

The report said, “Kong Hee, whose wife Ho Yeow Sun has performed with artists like Wyclef Jean, conspired with others to conceal the diversion of the funds, prosecutor Christopher Ong told a Singapore Subordinate Court today.”

According to Singapore’s Commissioner of Charities, financial irregularities of at least S$23 million from the charity’s funds were discovered.

“Kong, who was the president of the City Harvest Church’s management board, was arrested with four others, including the vice president and finance manager,” added the report.

View the report here.