Guyana plans to sue Chinese timber company Jailing Forest Industries for failing to properly report the death of a Malaysian man in their employ, Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir said Friday.Hep Kai Kan, 60, an on-site supervisor for the company, was crushed to death by a falling tree on Tuesday in the company's forest concession in Guyana's north-western Amazon jungle.
Police said that he was killed by a tree that was being cut. However company spokesman Lennox Cornette said the tree being cut crashed into a second tree that then killed Kan, 60.
In the former case a court could rule it was the company's fault, while in the latter case it could be argued that the death was accidental.
Nadir said the timber company would be prosecuted for failing to immediately report the incident, in keeping with Guyana workplace laws.
"This was not done and I don't see any reason why we should not move to prosecution," Nadir told AFP.
If found guilty, the employer - the company manager in the capital Georgetown - could be sent to prison for three months and fined up to US$250.
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