Sunday, June 13, 2010

News update City Harvest pastor spotted

He did not address the congregation and no mention was made of ongoing investigations
By Melissa Pang

HE CAME quietly and left swiftly.

City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee was spotted at the 3.30pm service yesterday at its Jurong West premises.

It was the 46-year-old's first known public appearance since he was thrust into the spotlight two weeks ago. He was called up to help with police investigations into the alleged misuse of church funds.

Another 16 people linked to the church were also called up.

Yesterday, Mr Kong again made the news, this time for plagiarism. A Straits Times report said a blogger here had spotted passages in a Christian book written by Mr Kong that were similar to those in Leadership Bible, penned by three Americans. Mr Kong also updated his website with material from the book.

In a note on his website last Monday, he said: 'We could have been more careful to credit any source of inspiration used.'