Pharis Aboobacker found in India, served writ of summons over NKF case

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 07 June 2006 2300 hrs
By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : Pharis Aboobacker, who is being sued by the new National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to recover S$5.28 million paid to three of his firms, has been found in India and served the writ of summons.

The Indian national is a friend of former NKF CEO T T Durai.

His company Forte Systems and Protonweb Solutions had entered into contracts with NKF worth millions and were paid even when software was not delivered on time.

When the KPMG report on NKF was made public, Pharis was not in Singapore and could not be contacted.

Three weeks ago, lawyers for the new NKF obtained a writ to serve it on him overseas, and last week Pharis was located in Chennai, where the writ of summons was served.

If Pharis does not come back to Singapore, a judgement can be made against him by default.

NKF will then have to decide if they will proceed to take legal action in India's courts. - CNA/ms