The High court in Port of Spain was unable to proceed with the lawsuit against Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr Wednesday into the $32 million debt that he owes the State because an attorney for Bakr advised the court that the defence was not ready to proceed.The matter has been postponed to May 27.
Attorney Wayne Sturge told Justice Rajendra Narine he needs more time to study the Privy Council's decision to strike out an affidavit in which Bakr claimed that he had a deal with Prime Minister Patrick Manning to forgive the debt.
Sturge explained that he also needs more time to evaluate the cost of properties to be sold.
The lawsuit filed by the state in 2006 identified 11 properties to be sold to satisfy part of the debt owed to the State for the destruction of Police Headquarters during the July 1990 attempted coup, which Bakr led.
Bakr's original debt of $15 million has grown to about $32 million.
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