Editing Phuong Ngo (section)

==Aftermath==
In June 2003, evidence was found that Ngo was a member of the W2K (Willing To Kill) [[prison gang]], leading to his transfer to the [[Goulburn Correctional Centre]], a [[supermax prison]]. The [[High Court of Australia]] refused special leave to hear an appeal in May 2004.
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Two of Ngo's co-accused conspirators, David Dinh and Tu Quang Dao were acquitted by the same jury. The identity of the shooter and the getaway driver remains unknown.

A number of Ngo's supporters have stated that he was convicted on flimsy evidence. He was a prominent leader in the Vietnamese [[Catholic]] community, which held prayer services for him in the hope that he would be acquitted of the murder. However, almost 300 leaders in the Vietnamese community signed a petition to the Supreme Court requesting that Ngo be denied bail.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/fair-cop/story-e6frg8h6-1111118776034 |date=7 February 2009 |title=Fair cop |work=The Australian |author=Gilling, Tom |accessdate=4 January 2011 }}</ref>

In an enquiry after Newman's death, but prior to charges being laid, evidence was heard that Newman considered the Mekong Club to be a "gambling den".<ref name="lateline" /> The [[prosecution]] in Ngo's case claimed that Ngo and Newman were political rivals who competed for the same seat in Parliament. However, senior Labor figures, including Bosca, swore on oath that Ngo was not interested in Newman's seat but rather in a seat in the Legislative Council.<ref>Geesche Jacobsen 2008, 'Meagher claims supported', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 November, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/meagher-claims-supported/2008/11/09/1226165386550.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211215839/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/meagher-claims-supported/2008/11/09/1226165386550.html |date=11 February 2017 }}</ref>

In April 2005, China sponsored five Fairfield Council members to visit the country in order to improve the relationship that had deteriorated due to Ngo's support of Taiwan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181116070315/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131465576.html The Orient express] [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] 15 April 2005.</ref>

An inquiry was launched into Ngo's conviction on 6 June 2008, by order of Chief Justice [[James Spigelman]] of the New South Wales Supreme Court. The inquiry was overseen by former and Acting District Court judge, David Patten, and addressed several concerns raised as to the validity of the original conviction.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/06/2266893.htm |title=Inquiry called into assassination conviction |publisher=ABC News |location=Australia |date=6 June 2008 |access-date=5 September 2008 |archive-date=4 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121842/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/06/2266893.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 17 April 2009, Patten ruled that the original conviction was sound.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/ngo-did-mastermind-mps-murder-inquiry-20090417-a9kf.html |title=Ngo did mastermind MP's murder: inquiry |last=Jacobsen |first=Geesche |date=17 April 2009 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=17 April 2009 |archive-date=18 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418185121/http://www.smh.com.au/national/ngo-did-mastermind-mps-murder-inquiry-20090417-a9kf.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the inquiry, calls were made to have Ngo's name removed from monuments in Cabramatta. A former mayor and friend of Newman, Ken Chapman, claimed that this was unlikely to happen as Ngo had supporters on the council who had visited him in jail. Calls for the council to name a landmark in honour of Newman have not proceeded so far, although a swimming pool in [[Prairiewood, New South Wales|Prairiewood]] bears his name.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101129104629/http://fairfield-advance.whereilive.com.au/news/story/political-assassin-phuong-ngo-honoured-all-over-fairfield/ Political assassin Phuong Ngo honoured all over Fairfield] Fairfield Advance 6 May 2009</ref>