UPDATE:
The cousin of Kok On Chin, Evonne Chin, spoke publicly this morning, asking people to come foward with more information about the circumstances surrounding his death.
She said the family was traumatised.
‘‘The death of Marcus is a tragedy for our family, in which we have had no closure,'' Evonne Chin said.
Detective Inspector Paul Simpkins said despite ongoing investigations and the reward that was posted in 2008, there were no clues to the case.
‘‘The van went across Forest Road at about 5pm, which would indicate there would’ve been a fair few people around at that peak time,’’ he said.
‘‘If someone if carrying the burden of witnessing this event, we encourage them to contact us.
‘‘This is a guy who went to work and never came home.’’
Earlier Monday story:
Young father Kok On Chin was trying to forge a new life for himself and his family in Australia when he was run over and killed by his own delivery van as it was being stolen in Sydney in 2006.
Nearly eight years after his death, police are renewing a $100,000 reward for information about the two thieves who drove away with Mr Chin, 33, clinging to the driver's side window of the vehicle in a desperate bid to stop the theft.
‘‘If someone if carrying the burden of witnessing this event, we encourage them to contact us. ‘‘This is a guy who went to work and never came home.’’
- Detective Inspector Paul Simpkins.
Mr Chin, also known as Marcus, had moved to Australia from Malaysia just five months before his death and had taken a job as a furniture delivery driver.
His wife and five-year-old daughter were visiting him from Malaysia at the time, and had hoped to move permanently to Sydney when Mr Chin had established their home.
Mr Chin and a co-worker were delivering a massage chair to a townhouse on Kerrie Crescent in Peakhurst on October 30, 2006 when two thieves saw the delivery van parked in the driveway with the keys in the ignition.
When Mr Chin heard the van's engine start, he ran down the driveway and put his arm inside the open driver's side window in an attempt to turn the engine off, but he fell as the van turned left into Henry Lawson Drive.
The van's rear tyres ran over his body, and he died from his injuries.
The van was found abandoned less than one kilometre away in Riverwood.
At the time, policed said Mr Chin's death appeared to have arisen from a crime of opportunity when the two thieves saw the van parked in the driveway.
The thieves, thought to be aged in their 20s, were likely to be locals or have good local knowledge as the van was found abandoned such a short distance away, police said.
Mr Chin's family will join police on Monday to make a fresh appeal for information about the identity of the thieves.
The $100,000 reward has previously been offered.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
