A Guyanese couple from Canada, who returned to Guyana to do some charity work was robbed of over $1M of cash and electronics two weeks ago.
According to Terrence Chang-Kee, a businessman, he and his wife Seeta, returned Guyana on March 31 with the intention of doing charity work in Craig, East Bank Demerara, and the neigbouring villages when they were robbed at gunpoint by four men.
Chang-Kee related to Stabroek News last night that he and his wife were sitting in the yard along with other relatives when they were attacked by four men who were all armed with small guns.
“They didn’t wear masks and one of them had two guns, on in their hands and another in their waist. They told us that it was a robbery and not to make a sound and some of them went into the house while the one stayed outside and tried to beat me with the gun but I blocked it and he said he would’ve killed someone if he didn’t get any money,” Chang-Kee said.
He added that the men were able to gather two iPhones, a DSLR Cannon Camera, a Mini iPad, a Samsung Tablet and about $850,000 in cash.
Even after they got the money they still wanted more but we didn’t have. One of the guys went upstairs to a locked room and kicked down the door but he didn’t find anything,” the man recalled.
He said the ordeal lasted some 20 minutes and after the men escaped, efforts were made to get police from the Grove Police station but they were told that there were no patrols available. Having waited some 30 minutes, a detective showed up and did initial investigations.
However, Chang-Kee said that he was disappointed in the level of service that was provided to the family as the police showed no effort to follow up with them about the attack.
He related that he was told that the police would’ve done some raids and would’ve let the couple go on an Identification Parade in order to try to identify their perpetrators.
“We could’ve identified them but he [the detective] never did anything. I kept contacting him to ask for an update but he hasn’t responded and I think something fishy is going on,” Chang-Kee said, while stating that he and his wife are now scared to return to Guyana following their ordeal that has left them scarred.
He added that they returned to Canada some five days later and are still yet to get a response from the police.
