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Another crooked Cult leader, did he try and run across the sea?
Singapore City Harvest megachurch leader Chew Eng Han 'tries to flee by sea'
A Singaporean man convicted in a megachurch fraud case was caught trying to escape by sea before starting his prison sentence, police say.
Chew Eng Han was found in a small boat heading towards Malaysia, police say, a day before he was to turn himself in after exhausting the appeals process.
He and a second man in the boat say they were on a fishing expedition.
Chew and five others were convicted of misappropriating millions of dollars from the City Harvest Church in 2015.
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Image captionChew Eng Han (left) and five others were found guilty in the case
Investment committee member Chew was sentenced to three years and four months. After losing his final challenge, the 57-year-old was due to begin his jail term on 22 February, after the Lunar New Year holiday.
A police statement said that preliminary investigations suggested Chew and the other man in the boat were "attempting to depart Singapore illegally," said a police statement. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43146909
Singapore City Harvest megachurch leader Chew Eng Han 'tries to flee by sea'
A Singaporean man convicted in a megachurch fraud case was caught trying to escape by sea before starting his prison sentence, police say.
Chew Eng Han was found in a small boat heading towards Malaysia, police say, a day before he was to turn himself in after exhausting the appeals process.
He and a second man in the boat say they were on a fishing expedition.
Chew and five others were convicted of misappropriating millions of dollars from the City Harvest Church in 2015.
Image captionChew Eng Han (left) and five others were found guilty in the case
Investment committee member Chew was sentenced to three years and four months. After losing his final challenge, the 57-year-old was due to begin his jail term on 22 February, after the Lunar New Year holiday.
A police statement said that preliminary investigations suggested Chew and the other man in the boat were "attempting to depart Singapore illegally," said a police statement. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43146909