31.   Thousands of people have been caught trying to enter the country in recent years, many of them risking dangerous journeys on decrepit boats operated by Asian smuggling gangs.

32.   A man fired shots from a semi-automatic hand gun at guests at a restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, where Asian gangs are active.

33.   Asked if the death was related to Asian gangs, against whom Newman was said to be campaigning, West said he did not know.

34.   Asian gangs from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea and China were operating in New Zealand.

35.   Australian politician John Newman lost his life after fighting a brave campaign against Asian gangs terrorising the large Vietnamese community in his Sydney electorate of Cabramatta.

36.   But police stressed Tuesday that Asian gangs had not been implicated in the murder.

37.   The US Justice Department had decided not to seek the death penalty against an Asian gang member accused in a brutal kidnap-for-ransom murder case.