Anthony Tan to face charges of murdering Rebels bikie Edin "Boz" Smajovic

A SYDNEY man who returned from Vietnam to face charges of murdering a Rebels bikie has been committed to stand trial.

Nathan Reddy

A SYDNEY man who returned from Vietnam to face charges of murdering a Rebels bikie has been committed to stand trial.

Anthony Tan, 28, turned himself in to police in October last year after reading a report in The Sunday Telegraph that he was wanted over the death of Edin "Boz" Smajovic.

He is accused of shooting Smajovic, 23, a patched Rebels bikie, on January 9, 2009, at Macarthur Auto Centre in Campbelltown.

Police revealed the investigation into Tan and his co-accused, Nathan Reddy, who is charged with being an accessory, during their committal at Campbelltown Local Court last week.

According to police, Smajovic went to the Macarthur Auto Centre, owned by Tan and Reddy, with a fellow Rebels member David Meatuai at about 2.45pm.

An argument ensued involving Tan, Reddy, Smajovic and Meatuai, and at least two guns were drawn.

The reason for the confrontation at the car yard is unknown.

Smajovic was shot once in the chest and died at the scene while Tan was shot in the back of the neck. He discharged himself from Liverpool Hospital the next day with the bullet still lodged in his shoulder blade.

Six days later he is said to have boarded a flight to Vietnam - which does not have an extradition treaty with Australia - and remained there for two years.

According to Meataui's police statement, tendered in court, Tan was first to pull out a gun and fire, however, "Boz shot back straight away". Both men had been yelling at each other to put down their weapons.

Reddy and Tan, who was granted bail last week, strongly dispute the claim and have denied being armed with a gun at any point, the court heard.

The police case relies on forensic evidence and witness statements to prove the allegation that Tan fired the fatal shot.

Only a Tokarev self-loading pistol, believed to belong to Smajovic, was recovered from the scene.

The gun used to kill Smajovic has not been recovered by police.

Police have sent gunshot residue swabs to a South Australian forensic laboratory to establish who fired a gun that day.

Meatuai handed himself in to police months after the shooting after seeing an artist's impression of his face in The Sunday Telegraph.

The matter will be heard on October 5 in the Supreme Court.