The six suspects who have been held in connection with the mysterious abduction and murder of Corentyne businessman, Fazal Hoosein, 44, of Number 69 Village were released on $150,000 station bail each on Wednesday.
Fazal Hoosein
This newspaper understands that while investigations have been ongoing, police could not keep the men incarcerated for more than the 72-hour period. So far no charges have instituted. The Surinamese owner and captain of the ‘backtrack’ boat who were held in their country have also been released.
Hoosein and the other passengers were returning from the neighbouring country aboard the “Dutch boat” around 5:30 pm last Wednesday when the five masked gunmen attacked.
The owner and captain of the boat were arrested at the port shortly after Hoosein’s body was found around 2 pm on Thursday last. Reports are that they have also recommenced their normal ‘backtrack” operations.
After the pirates fired several rounds in the air everyone went down in the boat. The pirates then “jumped into the boat and lifted the caps of some of the passengers and looked at their faces” until they recognized Hoosein.
With guns pointing at him they ordered him, while speaking “in Dutch” to get into their boat. The men then demanded everyone hand over their cell phones before removing the engine lead and escaping towards Suriname in the boat which was “very fast.”
Following the discovery of the body three of the suspects were apprehended by local police while one was taken into custody on Saturday night and two others on Sunday night. The officers are also pleased with the close collaboration with their Surinamese counterparts.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Saturday indicated that Hoosein, was thrown overboard alive by his attackers. Passengers aboard the boat had related that the men did not take any cargo that was in their possession but directed their attention to Hoosein.
Very interesting- the PPP government’s police force never seems to have a problem incarcarating Guyanese citizens for more that 72 hours without a formal charge. But I guess the law only applies to foreign nationals.
Murder suspects on station bail? what madness is this?
lolol real madness in guyana, i wonder waht them ppp
supporters going to say today??
Torbo…The PPP suppoters has better sense to understand that they are murder suspects and not murder convicts and as such they are entitled to bail and I will define bail for you ” Bail is a recognicance or bond signed by a duly authorised person to ensure the appearance of an accuse at an appointed time and place to answer to the charge made against him/her”…
soldier how come rohee US visa get revoke man? how come im bwoy was told to gets to steppin by uncle sam?
the ppp govt. is on the radar for human rights abuses
and for not upholding the laws of guyana,if you dont have
any evidence you can not hold a person/s for more than
72 hours, they have violated that law many many times for
their own personal reason/s now the brits are witholding
much needed aid to the security sector , the ppp administration
has no choice but to comply with the british..
this post is a figment of your wild imagination Turbo.
thats all you got gtbeat, condemming bloggers when they make a meaningful contribution to this outpost, turbo has a point, the ppp govt indeed is on the watch list when it comes to human rights abuses, which are many.
What is meaningful contribution TIGER??? What can a neutral reader understands from Torbo???? You call that meaningful…
This is a new law?
What’s the names of these suspects? sn why no names and pic of these suspects, you show us the picture of the dead man, why not he pictures of the living suspects.
Who gives a damn what they look like? The law says the should be released after 72 hours, but that law is not evenly applied. Also these folks are from the Corentyne.
released if not charged!
mack i give a damn what they look like and their names, hope when other crimes are committed and no name and pic appears you don’t ask sn for name and pics, cos i will tell you the same, remember what comes around goes around.
Nonsense,it should be NO BAIL ONLY JAIL OR REMAND.
I am with you marvin, you cant bail these people for serious crimes like dis.