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Dominic Li was attacked by two men in his home on December 2002. Hydrochloric acid was poured on his face and mouth. He was left blind, and died as a result of the attack three weeks later.
AB was paid to contract the men who carried out the attack, Richard Nimmo and Maua Sua. AB also organized Dax Satorre to drive the car to Li’s home. Satorre confessed to his part in the crime and received a sixteen year sentence. Satorre appealed the length of his sentence but the appeal was unsuccessful. AB also confessed to being an accessory to the murder and got an eighteen year sentence.
Tan was found guilty of masterminding the attack on Li and given a life sentence. In the same court case the jury found Sua and Nimmo not guilty of murder, although they remain in prison for unrelated offences.
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