Latest update February 16th, 2025 4:46 PM
Latest News
- Oil in Liza 1, 2 and Payara to be drained in less than five years
- ExxonM does not deny paying taxes in Bahamas but tells K/News to focus on how the oil deal is delivering money to Guyana
- Thousands take part in London rally against Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
- Govt. aggressively pursuing digitizing of health sector – Pres. Ali
- 275 cases of child abuse recorded in 2025 – Min. Persaud
Government to request Surinamese witnesses in recent piracy attack probe
Minister Khemraj Ramjattan
Guyana would be making an official request to the Surinamese government, to have seven persons who may have information on the recent piracy attacks on Guyanese fishermen, provide such information to local police.
If that is not possible, the Guyanese lawmen may instead have to travel to the Dutch-speaking nation to conduct the interviews.
This is according to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, who on Friday last, said he will be acting on a request made by the Guyana Police Force, to contact the Surinamese police.
“Recently, a team of Surinamese detectives working on the case indicated that they are going to help us in relation to getting more evidence because we had asked them for more evidence in relation to people who we suspected in Guyana,” the Minister said during a media briefing.
According to Minister Ramjattan, more information is needed before the investigation could be fully completed. Currently, there are some seven witnesses in Suriname, but according to him, that number can increase during the course of the investigation.
“We have a good working relationship, it has been so for some time,” the Minister said of the Suriname connection.
On April 27, a piracy attack which took place off the Atlantic Coast of Suriname, left 16 fishermen missing and feared dead.
The bodies of three of the missing fishermen were later recovered. At least one other washed ashore. According to survivors, they were assaulted with machetes and forced to jump into the sea by the assailants who are suspected to be of Guyanese heritage.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
I don’t remember!
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I have an uncle, Morty Finkelstein, who has the peculiar habit of remembering things with... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
