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CHC, City Harvest Church, Mr Poon, poon, roland poon, vindicated
“[Love] does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth…” 1 Corinthians 13:6
To understand Roland Poon’s involvement in the City Harvest scandal, we would encourage you to read old news articles about him here:
The Dawning Truth: Valid Claims Made By Mr Roland Poon In Old Articles
The Straits Times reports,
Former church member Roland Poon who alleged funds misuse ‘vindicated’, says daughter
Back then, businessman Roland Poon alleged that church funds were being misused to finance the music career of Ms Ho, the wife of CHC founder Kong Hee.
Mr Poon, 66, eventually retracted his statement and apologised, but his comments would set off a chain of events leading to the criminal charges, according to the prosecution.
On Wednesday, the six accused in the long-running CHC trial were found guilty of all charges.
Mr Poon’s daughter, Ms Sharon Poon, told The Straits Times after the verdict: “I feel happy for my father that he is now vindicated, and that after 10 years, we now know that what he did was right.”
She said Mr Poon had been concerned about the outcome of the case and was “waiting for this day to happen”, adding: “Now, he can sleep in peace.”
“He was brave enough to come out about it. Now, I hope that they can apologise to him, if they still have the heart,” she said.
Mr Poon declined to comment when contacted.
WHY IT MATTERS: The City Harvest Church case
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During the trial, much of the spotlight was cast on the Crossover Project – a plan started in 2002 to evangelise to the “unchurched” and woo non-converts, in particular youth – through Ms Ho’s secular pop music.
The project started on a high, and Ms Ho later went on to produce five albums and perform in 80 concerts as part of a worldwide outreach tour between October 2003 and May 2004 that drew some 140,000 supporters.
However, controversy surrounding the project had begun to brew since January 2003, when Mr Poon flagged the possible misuse of funds.
The project’s costs increased dramatically when the decision was made to break into the United States market. Songwriter and producer Wyclef Jean was hired in 2006 to help Ms Ho.
Criticism surged again in 2007, after the release of Ms Ho’s English single China Wine. In the risque music video, marketed for its “Asian-Reggae” fusion sounds, she is seen dancing in a skimpy outfit.
“If Sun made it in the US, it would open a big door for our missions,” Kong had said during the trial.
However, the court also heard that church members were supposedly encouraged to divert their tithes and donations to music production company Xtron to fund the mounting expenses of Ms Ho’s US album. Kong was also accused by former CHC fund manager Chew Eng Han, one of the defendants, of spending church money to buy Ms Ho’s earlier Mandarin albums, thereby inflating sales figures.
Source: By Ng Huiwen, Former church member Roland Poon who alleged funds misuse ‘vindicated’, says daughter, Straits Times, http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/former-church-member-who-alleged-funds-misuse-vindicated-says-daughter, Published 12:04 AM SGT 22/10/2015. (Accessed 26/10/2015.)
C3 Church Watch 
“Love does not rejoice at wrong doing but rejoices in the Truth ” that sums it up doesn’t it ? Phil is saying we should be standing with a brother but God gives us instruction for every situation doesn’t He . I believe scriptures are being taken and twisted on Kong Hee’s behalf and a lot of the time there is no scripture at all given.
I still have seen no repentance and none of them including Phil has any understanding of what is wrong with what they have done .They have committed fraud .Phil has continued for years at C3 conferences to extort money from the congregation on Kong’s behalf, and under the guise of him having been falslely accused, to pay his legal fees . Read for yourselves God’s attitude to extortioners. (those who use their power or position to obtain funds .. can be by psychological pressure . If it is people in the church we are told to not even eat with them .Let alone stand with them in their wrong doing)1 Corinthians 6 :5,6,7,8,9,10 This shows a complete lack of understanding of God’s ways and a complete lack of wisdom . It worries me that these people are leading thousands of people with their own teaching. If they don’t repent this behaviour will continue .I haven’t read what happened to Ronald Poon when he said that church funds were being used to finance Sun’s career and wonder what made him apologise? I know when I spoke to a c3 pastor about something I saw that was not right I was told” If you don’t agree then get out of the church” He then told people I was causing division and a possible church split . I had not mentioned my issue to anyone but him.
Well Sun says she believes in the end “the truth will dawn”
Hallelujah because it has.
God has protected His church !!!! The gates of hell will not prevail against God’s her Matt 16 :17-19.
Leonie I think CHC threatened to sue Roland Poon.
Yes that’s what I thought had perhaps happened . Thank you Chris.
That’s evil. Who’s running the show, God or satan!