3rd person detained as police probe continues in MV Barima tragedy

What this source establishes

INews Guyana documents the widening of criminal liability from the crew to shore-side management: a Transport and Harbours Department superintendent who ran Georgetown port operations, including overseeing loading and ticket sales, was invited to CID, attended with his lawyer and was detained. This is the arrest that connects the manifest discrepancies and the loading decisions to a named administrative post rather than to the captain. It puts the running total of detainees at three and reproduces the Home Affairs Ministry appeal for members of the public to hand photographs and video directly to police.

Figures cited in this source

179 persons aboard including 18 crew members

Key claims

• A superintendent attached to the Transport and Harbours Department has been arrested; he was in charge of operations at the Georgetown port including overseeing the loading of the ferry and the sale of tickets.
• Minister Juan Edghill said the individual was invited for questioning at CID, showed up with his lawyer, and was subsequently detained.
• Two persons had already been arrested - the ferry's captain and a crew member - after blood tests showed traces of marijuana.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs encouraged anyone with firsthand information, photographs or videos to provide it directly to the Police Force.
• The MV Barima departed Georgetown at about 15:00h Saturday carrying 179 persons including 18 crew members and cargo.
• Survivors recalled the ferry began listing to one side before capsizing; the distress signal was transmitted at approximately 23:01h.

Quotations

• “The cooperation of the public is vital to ensuring that the investigation is thorough and that all relevant facts are established”— Ministry of Home Affairs statement

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