IT has been almost a month since the brutal murder of well-known Chinese restaurateur Zhenju Su, called “Black Chiney”, occurred at his home on Mandela Avenue in Georgetown, and the police have not yet been able to arrest anyone for this crime, although detectives are pressing on assiduously to solve the case.

Several persons had been detained and questioned, but there wasn’t enough evidence for the police to further detain them.

Detectives have said they are working on some leads and eventually they will be successful. As such, they are asking persons to volunteer information in relation to the homicide.

Su’s Jade Stone Chinese Restaurant on Mandela Avenue in Ruimveldt, Georgetown was broken into and sacked at about 03:00hrs on August 7, 2015, when armed bandits descended on Su and his wife and demanded money. They then hacked Su to death in the kitchen of his eating house, and severely beat his wife, Fei Su, 32.

The bandits also took away an undisclosed amount of cash from the residence.

After the robbers had left, Fei Su went 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 also tied.

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)