There are reports that Cherie Hart, wife of Urban Development Corporation Of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd boss Calder Hart, has left the country with her daughter, NHIC chairman Emile Elias said yesterday.

He was responding to questions on whether the Commission of Enquiry had responded to the request of the Joint Consultative Council to bring Cherie Hart to the witness stand to answer questions on whether two directors of CH Development were related to her.

Elias said Hart must know where his wife is. But in any event, he said telephone records are available to show whether there are phone calls from Hart to Malaysia.

CH Development was the three-week-old company which was awarded the $368 million contract for the Ministry of Legal Affairs Towers.