By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A MAN was seriously injured after he was stabbed by another man during an argument in the victim’s apartment in Tanapag on Monday.
Cheng Zhe Liu was still under observation in the intensive care unit of the Commonwealth Health Center yesterday.
A police affidavit stated that the victim was in serious condition and “suffering from lung and kidney failure.”
Cheng Zhe Liu sustained deep stab wounds to the stomach.
The suspect, Zhang Zhe Piao, is now in the custody of the Department of Corrections after he turned himself in to the police on Wednesday night.
Zhang Zhe Piao was brought to Superior Court for a bail hearing yesterday afternoon.
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman imposed a cash bail of $50,000.
The affidavit of Detective Patrick Maanao stated that the stabbing was reported to the police on Monday at 2:30 a.m.
Police officers responded to the scene and conducted a preliminary investigation which revealed that the victim and the defendant, along with another friend, had “engaged in a drinking session at the apartment complex” in Tanapag on Sunday evening.
Later that night, the group decided to go to a karaoke bar, where the victim and the defendant were arguing with each other loudly.
The defendant slapped the victim’s face and left the bar.
The victim also left the bar and went home.
The defendant went to his apartment and came out with a knife in his hand.
The defendant entered the victim’s apartment and witnesses said they heard shouting from the apartment.
The witnesses entered the victim’s apartment and saw blood coming from the victim’s stomach.
The witnesses said the defendant was about to attack the victim again so they immediately grabbed him and got the knife away from him.
The witnesses carried the victim to a car and brought him to the hospital.
On Wednesday night, the defendant called one of the witnesses and told him that he wanted to turn himself in to the police.
The witness and the victim’s girlfriend met the defendant at DPS central where the defendant was placed under arrest.