Police concede ‘reaching a snag’ – in ‘Black Chiney’ murder
THE police are yet to make a breakthrough following the August 7, 2015 murder of Chinese restaurateur Zhenju Su, known as ‘Black Chiney’, even though they had arrested, detained and questioned several persons. Sleuths yesterday conceded reaching a snag, but say they are optimistic of solving the case soon.
Su was the owner of the Jade Stone Chinese restaurant on Mandela Avenue in Ruimveldt, Georgetown. It was broken into and sacked at about 03:00hrs on August 7, 2015, when armed bandits descended on the couple and demanded money, before hacking Su to death in the kitchen of his eating house, and severely beating his wife, Fei Su, 32. The bandits had also taken away an undisclosed amount of cash from the residence.
After the robbers left, Fei Su had gone in search of her husband, whose lifeless body she found on the kitchen floor bound, gagged, and bearing multiple chop wounds to his head. His feet were tied and his mouth gagged.
Initially, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum had told this newspaper that another suspect had been arrested, but that suspect was later released, while two others who were detained were also released.
After the homicide, several members of the business community, outraged by the brutality of the crime which had claimed the life of their friend, put up a $2M reward for information leading to the capture of the perpetrators.
Detectives have said that, even with the reward being offered, the police have received very few calls, but their behind-the-scenes work had led to three persons being arrested separately.
(Michel Outridge)
