Singapore to make jumping bail a crime


City Harvest Church pastor Kong Hee (centre) and his wife Ho Yeow Sun (left) walking past journalists as they leave the state court in Singapore on October 21, 2015. Singapore will be making skipping bail illegal after Kong was found attempting to escape to Malaysia by boat yesterday. – EPA pic, February 22, 2018.

SINGAPORE will criminalise skipping bail following the attempted escape of a man convicted in a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch, a senior government official said today.

In a case that gripped the city-state with a heady mix of religion, showbiz and fraud, six leaders from City Harvest Church were convicted in 2015 of pilfering tens of millions of dollars from the place of worship to promote the pop career of the pastor’s wife.


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