Singapore monk gets 10 months for fraud

Shi Ming Yi, 47, was handed the sentence after being convicted last month of conspiring with his personal aide, Raymong Yeung, 34, to cheat the Ren Ci charity out of 50,000 Singapore dollars (US$36,000).

Yeung was sentenced to nine months for the crime.

Shi was the founder of Ren Ci — a charity that provides subsidized medical care to elderly patients — and had lived the high life, owning several luxury cars and properties in Singapore and Australia, before being caught.

Singapore is a predominantly Buddhist country, with 42.5 percent of the population over 15 subscribing to the religion.

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