![]()
Singapore | Updated today at 09:47 AM
The high-profile case involving the City Harvest
Church looks set to be a dramatic - and costly - showdown with
legal heavyweights getting into the fray.
With the
exception of church founder Kong Hee, who is represented by Member
of Parliament Edwin Tong, the five church members allegedly
involved in the conspiracy have engaged Senior Counsels to be part
of their legal team in court.
A Senior Counsel
is a lawyer considered as an elite among the profession.
The five accused
are CHC vice-chairman Tan Ye Peng, chairman John Lam Leng Hung,
former finance chief Serina Wee, finance manager Sharon Tan and
investment manager Chew Eng Han.
Lam has taken
Senior Counsel Kenneth Tan and lawyer Nicholas Narayanan of
Nicholas & Tan, while Tan is represented by SC Chelva Rajah and
N Sreenivasan of Straits Law, Chew by SC Francis Xavier and Sharon
Tan by SC Kannan Ramesh and Jeffrey Ong of JLC Advisors, and Wee by
SC Andre Maniam.
The case had
been adjourned to Aug 30 for a pre-trial conference.
