what forum as such short notice?

Dear Bishop and Standing Committee of ADOS,

I don’t know why the issues raised in 

allsaintscathedralsabah.blogspot.com

  since 12 September, 2012 have not being addressed.

The accounts of ADOS are totally unacceptable and ADOS would have the money to engaged good account staff.

I have my own issues at the end of this mail and 3 at the moment is enough.

So all together is 17 sweet questions and just quote the number when you reply in writing.

Thank you,

Joshua

 

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

INSIGHTS OF ADOS FINANCIAL REPORT:

Ezekiel 3:18

When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.

Any financial person will ask some of these questions in the Synod if they are given time to read the accounts: 

a)       What is the definition of fixed assets in accounting?  Why was the Bangkok  condominium treated as off balance sheet item? Why was it never a fixed asset?  Who suggested it as revenue expenditure (charged out as expenses) instead of capital expenditure (fixed assets)?

1-JK’s Question ---who has given the instruction ?  Who did the bookkeeping entry?

b)    How did the KK land sales of RM236,500 become receivables?  What is this? Land sales from Likas land not fully collected?  ADOS only sold 2 parcels of KK land.  The Likas Land and the road access to the freemason. This amount owing from which buyer?

2-JK’s Question:  When did this figure first occur and for what?

c)     Why is the Kokol Project Account supposedly monitored by Michael Tong (the treasurer for the project) cost only RM5.1mil but the costs booked in ADOS accounts shows RM6mil? ADOS account shows Kokol cost RM836,000 more than the project account under the project treasurer Michael Tong. How and why? This can only suggests some unknown expenses were booked in as costs to this project in ADOS account.  The Kokol building was completed and dedicated end of August 2010.  Why was there still an addition of RM538,967 costs in 2011?  How could two different figures presented to the Synod? How could the accounts be approved and accepted?

3-JK’s Question – Show us the complete project account and documents.

d)    Where has the rental income gone?  ADOS has been receiving rental like from Wisma Anglican, staff apartment and various premises.  Why were these not reported in the accounts?

4-JK’s Question: -Please give us a complete list of properties rented out and the respective rent.

e)     There was RM38.8mil of bank balances from the close of 2009 financial.  After    having spent RM18.1mil for both 2010 and 2011 and received income RM7.4 of income for the 2 years, there should only have left with RM28.1mil.  This is simple mathematics.  Why there is still RM34.5mil?  How have overnight miracles happened that RM6.4mil just appeared into the bank from nowhere?

5-JK’s Question:- Please show us the Diocesan assessment schedule due and payable and paid by those churches concerned in these two years.

f)      Movement of specific fund was all done with wrong accounting.  Why funds utilised (spent) is also funds transferred into this account?  This is not right.  There was RM41mil in the special fund at the close of 2009 financial.  RM3.7mil for 2009 & 2010 from the assessment has been allocated into this fund, a total of RM44.7mil. RM18.1mil have been utilised.  There should only be RM26.6mil.  Why is there still RM37mil?  This is very strange.

6-JK’s Question – Please show us the relevant ledger of these fund for 2010, 2011.

g)         Development fund & Kokol were over charged by RM96,728 and RM34,912 in the specific fund.  How could RM131,640 overspent from this account?  How will these discrepancies be accounted for?

7-JK’s Question -  Please show us the relevant ledgers with these items.

h)      What was the reason for no budget was presented during the 2010 Synod?  Is it right that the Chairman had violated the Constitution of the Diocesan and manipulated the Synod? Without the budget from the previous Synod, more than RM6.4 worth of properties had been purchased between last Synod and this.  Was it not Bishop Vun initiated to purchase the Tenom shop lots, Sipitang and Menggatal land worth more than RM2mil? (We all know these RM2mil deals were all with contentious issues). Then, why were these selectively not taken up as fixed assets of ADOS but the Sulaiman and Lahad Datu were booked as assets in ADOS account ?  Who decided the purchase of Sulaiman and the Lahad Datu shoplots worth more than RM4.1mil?

8-Jk’s Question – We need to examine copies of  titles of all land and landed properties.  The three pieces of properties Tenom, Sipitang and Menggatal maybe included in the list of assets  2006-2012 in page 56 but we need to have a schedule of assets as at 2010 and 2011 to be reconciled to the Balance sheet of the two years.  Show us Synod 2009’s minute or the Standing Committee on the purchase of landed assets.

 

i)         RM6.3mil was spent for purchase of land and church planting and RM3.4mil as mission and outreach fun. A total of RM9.7mil from the sales of Likas Land has been spent over the past 2-3years.  There should only be RM21.3mil remaining not utilised. How long will this last if the same pattern of spending is practiced for the next 5 years? Have we achieved our purpose from the intention of the Synod to approve the sales of this land?

9-JK’s Question -  When was the sale of likas land actually approved by Synod and the purpose of that sale?  Why was the Likas land not retained for the expansion development of ADOS?

The Diocesan Academies Board (Hearing it 1^st time)

j)          When was this Board formed? The All Saints Anglican Academy started immediately Bishop Vun was made the Bishop.   Why only now in Synod 2012 then the Diocesan Board was formed?  Who decided on the members of the Board?  There are 8 members on the Board 7 members are directly under the payroll of the Diocesan Bishop.  The members are Stella Lo (Bishop’s representative), Bishop John Yeo, Canon Yong Thiam Choy, Datin Mary Vun(Chairman), Rev Tan Chor Kee, Lily Tan ( Rev Tan’s wife) Mdm Chung Shuk Yong.  The other person is none other than the Diocesan treasurer.  How can the Board make objective decisions when they are all interested parties?

10-JK’s Question – Are the Diocesan Academies the family business of the Bishop all subsidized/funded by church money?

All Saints Anglican Academy (ASAA, the school)
k)       Why all the academy accounts not included as part of ADOS accounts yet funds were transferred out from ADOS’s mission funds expenses to finance the school activities. Why is this account so preferential that need not to be audited?  Who owns the school? Does it belong to Mary Vun ( the chairwoman) or the Diocese?

11-JK’s Question -  Isn’t this action of transferring ASAA out of ASC to ADOS subject to Criminal Breach of Trust?

l)        Salaries for ASAA has increased close to RM90,000 between 2010 & 2011.  If every staff (including Mary Vun) get one month bonus, there is still an unexplained RM45,000.  Was this paid to Mary Vun for being consultants to the China failed mission?

12-JK’s Question -  We want to see the salary card of ASAA and Form E to the Inland Revenue Department.

m)      Guess who are the signatories to the cheques of the ASAA?  Is it not Mary Vun?  Together with her, there is a young priest who is also under the payroll of Mary Vun’s husband (the bishop).  Interestingly, this account was not included in ADOS financial.  If it is not part of ADOS, why is ADOS so obligated to transfer funds out to aid ASAA, Sunway and Beijing?  Do you think this is right? Being an interested party to the Bishop, she received the money from her husband.  Why was the formation of the Academy Board only done in 2012 before the Synod? Has it been discussed and approved by the standing committee?

13-JK’s Question – Does ASAA have a trading licence?

n)    The school (ASAA) venture into China with the Koreans.  Is that all we have invested RM80,000 as reported by the Board secretary?

 Inconsistencies: Auditor’s finding was RM650,000 and another RM600,000 without records.  We want the truth to be unfolded.

14-JK’s Question – What is the present status of this proposed venture?  Is it one or off?

Additional Questions by Joshua Kong for Bishop A Vun and his standing committee as they need to give valid explanation in writing  while Bishop remains in office against protests.

JK- Q15. We are not only interested to know more about two years 2010 and 2011 but also years 2006-2009.  So when can get certified true copies of those years?

JK-Q16. It is now known that ADOS land had been planted with oil palm and substantial revenue has been estimated for a few years and have these income being included in ADOS accounts? If so, please give details.

17.It is now alleged that at least a BM priest and BM pastor have died prematurely since  2006.  The Rev Rais died in Tuaran after a by pass operation after preaching in church.  Bishop did not allow him to go for full rest of three months after the heart surgery and instead gave him 3 days leave only.

17a-Question:  What did the Bishop do after the death of the BM priest?  Should the Bishop now agree to have an Inquiry on his premature death to clear his blame for the death?  This is very important as more than one deaths and at least 13 sudden resignation of senior priests since  2005/2006.

I have many more questions and leave them to another forum and I hope I can have the answers in writing as the forum on Monday would not have the time to deal with them satisfactory.

Thank you,

Joshua Y. C. Kong   012-8380897; 013-8394513.

It is really too little and too late.

AVCF is playing the game to catch the members flat footed, and unprepared.

1.What is the full Agenda?

2.Who is the Chairman/  If AV is the Chairman, he will dominate the floor with LIES and plenty of talk and two hours is soon over without answering the questions.

3.We want to see the amended accounts with at least days notice. Don’t expect the members to ask good accounting questions within one hour.

4.We want to hear from the.honorary Auditor.

5. If AV and Michael Tong want to give answers, we want the written answers posted in a website within 24 hours, then we can have a second or third rounds if necessary.

6. Since Philip Chhoa volunteer to ask written questions, I will give him all the questions apart from what had been reported in the three blogs namely allsaintscathedralsabah.blogspot.com; thetruthasc.wordpress.com and bishopgateinanglicansabah.blogspot.com (my own blogs).

7. There are enough questions in the three blogs and why M Tong does not answer them also in a blog set up for such purpose so that we can raise all the points there?

8. We need to see a re-audited accounts and fresh audit report/audit management letter on the amended accounts before such a forum.

9. What is the implication of a re-convened Synod of fresh delegates elected by members as far as account or newly prepared one is concerned.

10. Would all those who want to ask questions be given the chance?  If this is the case, I don’t think the hours would be enough.

More to come…

I prefer we go ahead with the petition and let AVCF and M Tong answer all the points of accounts of ADOS in court hearing soon

We need to meet soon to set up our strategy in a Court case..