Former vice-chairman fingered for contributing to mismanagement of NKF
By May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 12 January 2007 1505 hrs
SINGAPORE: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) civil suit resumed on Friday after a day's break, after former NKF CEO TT Durai threw in the towel for the trial.
Ex-NKF vice-chairman, Alwyn Lim, came under the spotlight for contributing to the mismanagement of the charity.
Friday's court proceeding also saw two witnesses take the stand to testify against NKF's former CEO and ex-board members.
Alwyn Lim, who is one of the third parties in the trial, did not turn up in court on Friday.
The lawyer for two of the defendants fingered Lim for influencing Durai in many NKF matters.
Lawyer Chia Boon Teck, acting for former NKF chairman Richard Yong and ex-NKF treasurer Loo Say San, pointed out that Lim was the one who coaxed Durai into preventing a Health Ministry official from sitting in the Executive Committee as an observer.
Mr Chia said Lim wrote a letter to Durai which said an MOH representative is sent to "keep an eye" on the NKF.
That, Lim wrote, would be more of a "hindrance rather than a help to NKF".
Mr Chia cited an instance of Lim allegedly playing a big role in managing NKF.
Lim chaired its finance committee and packed it with his own friends and business associates.
Lim also instructed Durai on many NKF issues.
Mr Chia said Yong and Loo were not aware of the magnitude of Lim's involvement in so many NKF matters.
Mr Chia added that Lim was also the one who denied a senior staff nurse of getting a promotion because she had a "terrible body odour".
The lawyer said this showed Lim "had his finger in every pie".
NKF's lawyers later called on the first witness of the trial, Patrick Daniel from the Singapore Press Holdings, to testify how Durai refused to agree on a settlement out of court.
Durai had wanted to sue the press firm for articles it published.
And the key disagreement in not coming to a settlement - SPH had wanted to hand in information, like Durai's salary, to the authorities but the former CEO disagreed.
So the matter was taken to court.
Another witness, a former assistant manager of the IT department in NKF, was also called upon to testify about how NKF was overcharged for extra work ordered on a new computer software.
The trial will see more witnesses take to the stand to testify on Monday.
The new NKF is expected to bring about 20 witnesses to the stand to testify against Durai and the three other defendants, Richard Yong, Loo Say San and Matilda Chua. - CNA/ir
SINGAPORE: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) civil suit resumed on Friday after a day's break, after former NKF CEO TT Durai threw in the towel for the trial.
Ex-NKF vice-chairman, Alwyn Lim, came under the spotlight for contributing to the mismanagement of the charity.
Friday's court proceeding also saw two witnesses take the stand to testify against NKF's former CEO and ex-board members.
Alwyn Lim, who is one of the third parties in the trial, did not turn up in court on Friday.
The lawyer for two of the defendants fingered Lim for influencing Durai in many NKF matters.
Lawyer Chia Boon Teck, acting for former NKF chairman Richard Yong and ex-NKF treasurer Loo Say San, pointed out that Lim was the one who coaxed Durai into preventing a Health Ministry official from sitting in the Executive Committee as an observer.
Mr Chia said Lim wrote a letter to Durai which said an MOH representative is sent to "keep an eye" on the NKF.
That, Lim wrote, would be more of a "hindrance rather than a help to NKF".
Mr Chia cited an instance of Lim allegedly playing a big role in managing NKF.
Lim chaired its finance committee and packed it with his own friends and business associates.
Lim also instructed Durai on many NKF issues.
Mr Chia said Yong and Loo were not aware of the magnitude of Lim's involvement in so many NKF matters.
Mr Chia added that Lim was also the one who denied a senior staff nurse of getting a promotion because she had a "terrible body odour".
The lawyer said this showed Lim "had his finger in every pie".
NKF's lawyers later called on the first witness of the trial, Patrick Daniel from the Singapore Press Holdings, to testify how Durai refused to agree on a settlement out of court.
Durai had wanted to sue the press firm for articles it published.
And the key disagreement in not coming to a settlement - SPH had wanted to hand in information, like Durai's salary, to the authorities but the former CEO disagreed.
So the matter was taken to court.
Another witness, a former assistant manager of the IT department in NKF, was also called upon to testify about how NKF was overcharged for extra work ordered on a new computer software.
The trial will see more witnesses take to the stand to testify on Monday.
The new NKF is expected to bring about 20 witnesses to the stand to testify against Durai and the three other defendants, Richard Yong, Loo Say San and Matilda Chua. - CNA/ir
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