Finger squeezed by cash register so...he shot her dead

The sequence of events leading up to Zeng’s murder on Tuesday night was related by police sources yesterday who said that one of the bandit was masked and the other had no mask and his face was clearly seen in the video recording.

The footage also revealed Zeng’s husband Pinya Pochntan was about to close the doors of the mini mart at 9.15 pm, when the gunman and his accomplice pushed him to the ground and entered.

Bryan Beckles who rented the property at which Zeng, 33, operated her businessplace, yesterday told Newsday that her funeral will take place today at the Santa Cruz Roman Catholic Church at 9 am and cremation will follow at 11 am at the Crematorium in Long Circular Road, St James.

He added that relatives of Zeng who are from Guangdong in China were informed of her murder on Wednesday but they are unable to come to Trinidad for the funeral. He said Zeng’s husband and two children have been staying at his home since the murder.

The children, Beckles said, are not aware of their mother’s death, believing her to be still warded at hospital.

“They will have to be told and soon because they will have to attend her funeral. I am in a quandary as to how to break this news to them,” Beckles said