Thea Kheave was fatally stabbed last December.February 11, 2008
DOUG ROBERTSON
The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
POLICE have arrested and charged the leader of a northern suburbs Asian gang for the murder of stabbing victim Thea Kheave in December.
The man, 20, of Paralowie, was arrested yesterday at Parafield Gardens and police have not ruled out further arrests.
Bail was refused and he is expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court today.
"Investigations into this murder are ongoing and further arrests cannot be ruled out," a police spokesman said.
The charged man, head of a gang known as Team Revolution or TR, was a victim of a firebombing at his home last Sunday.
It was one of two similar incidents that night and happened after several Asian youths rampaged a Gouger St karaoke club.
They were reportedly waving swords and knives and looking for a man.
The fire bombings happened shortly after the gang left the bar.
The family of Mr Kheave, 21, said he was not a gang member but he had had run-ins with Team Revolution several years ago.
Paramedics were unable to revive Mr Kheave, who died in the street after a fight with gatecrashers outside a party in Vartue St, Parafield Gardens, on December 2.
His three brothers, who were guests at the Vartue St party, said then they knew the attackers and that they feared retribution by the gang.
Their family had been forced to move home in the past three years because of escalating threats made by Cambodian gang members, they said.
Educated at Enfield High School, Mr Kheave was one of six siblings who left Cambodia with their parents 20 years ago.
The man, 20, of Paralowie, was arrested yesterday at Parafield Gardens and police have not ruled out further arrests.
Bail was refused and he is expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court today.
"Investigations into this murder are ongoing and further arrests cannot be ruled out," a police spokesman said.
The charged man, head of a gang known as Team Revolution or TR, was a victim of a firebombing at his home last Sunday.
It was one of two similar incidents that night and happened after several Asian youths rampaged a Gouger St karaoke club.
They were reportedly waving swords and knives and looking for a man.
The fire bombings happened shortly after the gang left the bar.
The family of Mr Kheave, 21, said he was not a gang member but he had had run-ins with Team Revolution several years ago.
Paramedics were unable to revive Mr Kheave, who died in the street after a fight with gatecrashers outside a party in Vartue St, Parafield Gardens, on December 2.
His three brothers, who were guests at the Vartue St party, said then they knew the attackers and that they feared retribution by the gang.
Their family had been forced to move home in the past three years because of escalating threats made by Cambodian gang members, they said.
Educated at Enfield High School, Mr Kheave was one of six siblings who left Cambodia with their parents 20 years ago.
2 comments:
I hate Asian gangs, they have lost their roots and national soul. Thats why they kill their own kind.
Everything comr from gene,it's true just look at mexican,gangs black gangs,asian gangs, they just past it on through their kids.or influenc by other that their way of life.they wanted to impress their friends or intimidate people by doing the wrong things.knowledge is power!
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