By Carolyn Quek

THE sentencing of convicted Buddhist monk Ming Yi and aide Raymond Yeung was postponed on Friday to next Saturday.

The adjournment was to give prosecution time to study Ming Yi's mitigation, which was submitted late by his lawyers.

Ming Yi, 47, and Yeung, 34, were found guilty a month ago in a highly-publicised criminal trial. The case concerned an unauthorised $50,000 loan on May 17, 2004 taken from Ren Ci Hospital's coffers.

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