inSing.com, 10 Jul 2012Two weeks have passed since Pastor Kong Hee and his associates were arrested for allegedly misusing church funds and breaching laws that cover the Charities Act.
This has split Singaporeans into two separate camps – one revolted by the purported actions of their church leaders and the other, staying true to their faith in the pastor.
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Such fragmentation is unusual – compare this to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga in July 2005 when donated funds were used for the CEO’s personal gain, or the Ren Ci Hospital incident in 2007 when its CEO gave unauthorized loans. NKF’s T.T. Durai and Ren Ci’s Ming Yi received almost no sympathy from the public. Full story
