From Lucky Plaza to Canada: How ex-followers raised funds for Philippines’ fugitive preacher

MANILA – Filipino domestic worker Reynita Fernandez, 50, once believed the salvation of her soul depended on rice cakes her church forced her to sell surreptitiously to other migrant workers spending their Sundays at Lucky Plaza mall in Orchard Road in Singapore.

According to the Philippine media, the KOJC claims to have four million followers in the country and another two million members overseas. The church has a chapter in Singapore, although their exact numbers in the Republic are unknown; however, its Singapore chapter’s Facebook page has over 9,000 online followers as of April 20.on multiple charges of child abuse, sexual trafficking, conspiracy and bulk cash smuggling.

Both agreed to speak to The Straits Times after testifying under oath on March 5 before the Philippine Senate, which is also investigating Quiboloy. In a 30-minute YouTube video released on April 6, Quiboloy said all the accusations against him were untrue. He also, namely that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Philippine law enforcement agencies must issue a written guarantee denying the US any right to interfere in his cases.

She said church leaders made her stop attending school in Davao City and instead took her, along with scores of other teenagers, to Manila so that they could raise funds for the KOJC. Her “quota” was then increased to $2,000 for each month of the KOJC’s declared “months of blessings,” starting from September annually.

On some days, KOJC members were also told to ask for donations on the streets in areas ranging from Bukit Timah in Singapore’s central region to Jurong in the west, while carrying tin cans bearing the names of fake charities. Sought for comment on the KOJC’s alleged activities in Singapore, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth said that the church has made no disclosures about any public fund-raising appeals under the Charity Portal, under the new Disclosure Regime for Public Fund-raising Appeals.

One scheme Mr Maquiling came up with to raise money for the shelters was to resell boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts for 10 to 20 times their original price. But he began to suspect that the CJF’s funds were not being used for indigent children when he paid a visit to the shelters on a trip to the Philippines in 2018.

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