Ranny Yun, 27, was raped and murdered a year after she fled Cambodia for Melbourne where she carried out executions for the brutal Khmer Rouge.
Ranny Yun fled Cambodia in 1986 for a new life in Australia after carrying out killings for Pol Pot’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
Just a year later her sister and cousin found the 27-year-old woman raped and murdered in her Springvale, Melbourne, home on October 15, 1987.
The case baffled detectives for 30 years and they had no leads despite offering a $50,000 reward – until they finally found a suspect across the country.
Meth Mean, 49, was arrested in Perth on Thursday and charged with Ms Yun’s murder after a review of the cold case identified him as a person of interest.
The Cambodian man was in the Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday ordered to be extradited back to Melbourne to face court on Monday.
Detectives at the time had several theories about why Ms Yun was killed, including her past in Cambodia coming back to haunt her.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Sergeant John Ashby back then said she was responsible for several executions for the Khmer Rouge.
Meth Mean, 49, was arrested in Perth on Thursday and charged with Ms Yun’s murder after a review of the cold case identified him as a person of interest
Ms Yun may have been killed in revenge for her murders in Cambodia, or over her links to illegal gambling and loansharking in Melbourne
‘It could have been a payback murder and people may be fearful about coming forward with information because of possible reprisals,’ he said.
She could also have been killed because of her links to illegal gambling and loansharking in Melbourne.
Ms Yun’s husband moved to Western Australia after her death and regularly called homicide detectives desperate for updates on the case – but they had none.
‘In many, many cases you get some idea as to the perpetrator in a crime of this type but in this case we have none at all,’ Sergeant Ashby admitted in 1988.
Mean was in the Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday ordered to be extradited back to Melbourne to face trial
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