By Selina Lum & Carolyn Quek | ||
| Former Ren Ci Hospital Chief Ming Yi (right) is accused of misappropriating $50k of Ren Ci's funds by approving a loan to his former personal aide Raymond Yeung Chi Hang (left). --PHOTO: ST |
Both sums - for $300,000 and $50,000 - were in Ren Ci's books, but not in Mandala's.
Taking the stand for the second day yesterday, Ming Yi, former chief executive of the charitable hospital, said: 'I was very worried because I did not know what had happened... I have said and mentioned to many people that whatever amounts from Ren Ci to Mandala and Bodhicherie, I would be responsible. So I was very worried.'
Mandala is a shop selling Buddhist artefacts while Bodhicherie is a vegetarian food business. Both are affiliated to Ren Ci.
The $50,000 loan is at the heart of the criminal trial now into its ninth day. Ming Yi has been accused of making a loan to Yeung, which both men later tried to cover up.
On Tuesday, Ming Yi dwelt at length on his life story and the difficulties he faced raising funds for Ren Ci. At the end of the day, District Judge Toh Yung Cheong suggested that he confine himself to broad points.
Ming Yi's lawyer, Senior Counsel Andre Yeap kept his client to point on Wednesday, questioning him on the $50,000, how he met Yeung and why he hired him without an employment pass initially.
Ming Yi said that during the probe, he was not aware that the 'missing' $50,000 had been used by Yeung for anything personal.
Ming Yi said Yeung repaid him in November 2007 from the sale proceeds of his property in Melbourne, which was given to him by an elderly monk.
It was only in January last year that Yeung 'confessed'', said Ming Yi without elaborating.http://forums.delphiforums.com/sunkopitiam/messages?msg=27646.1
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