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Fang Sun can now be named as the man who is alleged to have killed Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong at her Sunnyhills home in November last year.
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Tupou was only 21 years old and worked as a machine operator to support his parents. He was not a gang member or even affiliated with a gang, the court heard. He was murdered only because he chose to wear blue that day.
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Police at the scene at Seaside Park in Auckland s Ōtāhuhu. (First published May 2019) Tinei and Tapusoa were sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 11 years and four months and 13 years and one month respectively, when they appeared before Justice Tracey Walker on Wednesday. Crown prosecutor Kristy Li said Tapusoa shot Tupou at close range, perhaps as close as half a metre away.