Body of missing Guyanese fisherman found in Suriname

…family seeks answers after 20-year-old reportedly fell from boat

The body of a fisherman who was reported missing on Monday has been found on the bank of a river in Suriname on Tuesday.

Dead is Neezam Jawar, 20, late of Adelphi New Area in East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), who had been working and living in neighbouring Suriname for the past two years.
Family members have said they were told that Jawar had fallen off a fishing boat near Paramaribo. Jawar’s brother, Akram, has said he learnt of the incident through a social media post.
He said he then tried to reach out to one of his brother’s associates and was told that Neezam had drowned.
Neezam Jawar’s foster mother Indira Gooroocharan explained that family members were able to speak with the boat captain and several other persons, but not much information has been forthcoming.
“They don’t have any family in Suriname. He was just over there with friends, and then he start to work on the fishing boat…The captain got the brother’s number and called him and told us that they are trying to look for him, but we can’t locate him… after that, we are still trying to figure out what really happened. All they told us is that he went to check on the fishing net, and that is how he fell off. So, we really don’t know what it is over there,” the woman revealed.
“Today they said they found him (body) on a sand bank. We are still not sure about that; that is just what they are telling us.”
Jawar’s body was reportedly identified by a Surinamese woman known to him.
According to Jawar’s mother Deowattie Nowrang, her son left Guyana in 2022 and has since not returned. She said she had spoken with him last week and he had promised to come for Christmas.
“When I talk to him, he tell me that when my mother go over there, he would send a raise for me. When my mother had go over before and come back, she tell me that he was not working. When she talk to him, he say that he coming home for holiday in December,” Nowrang detailed.
The incident has been reported in the Suriname media, but details of the incident are sketchy. (G4)