A farmhand was yesterday stabbed to death by his co-worker at a location near the mouth of the Pomeroon River, during a drinking spree.
The deceased has been identified as Michael Chu, called ‘Chu Man,’ 48, of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast.
Commander of ‘G’ Division, Khali Pareshram, informed Sunday Stabroek last evening that the 28-year-old suspect, who hails from Grant Melville, Lower Pomeroon, is in police custody.
Pareshram disclosed that Chu and the suspect, who worked together on a farm at Glen Nors in the Lower Pomeroon River, were drinking together, when around noon, they got into a heated argument. The suspect armed himself with a knife and stabbed the deceased several times about the body.
A Coast Guard officer, who was in the vicinity, responded to a request for assistance and escorted Chu to the Charity Hospital, where he was treated and admitted. He was later transferred to Suddie Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries about 5.58 pm.
Chu’s body is at the Suddie Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
