Man charged after Bodies of Hoa Tek Chiem and Heang Kim Gau found in Buzzy Bee’s Burger House, Cambridge Park
A man has been charged with murder after a husband and wife were found dead at a takeaway shop in Sydney’s west.
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A man has been charged with the murder of two people inside a Western Sydney burger shop.
It comes as a mystery man in black was at the centre of a horrifying double murder of the beloved mum and dad owners of a takeaway shop, after a family member found them stabbed to death.
Hoa Tek Chiem and Heang Kim Gau were murdered inside Buzzy Bee’s Burger House on Oxford St Cambridge Park, with police yesterday saying “a family member” made the gruesome discovery just before 10am on Saturday.
Strike Force Minlaton, comprising of detectives from Nepean Police Area Command, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, was formed to investigate the deaths.
Following inquiries, about 12.30am on Sunday police arrested 31-year-old Allan Chiem at a home at Canley Heights.
He was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he was charged with two counts of murder (DV).
He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court later today.
Police will allege in court all three people were known to each other.
Earlier sources close to the case said police were probing whether it was a robbery gone wrong, but believe the incident was targeted.
Footage taken of a man disguised in black and climbing on top of the strip of shops where the husband and wife’s shop is located was circulating on social media in the hours after the murder.
“We are looking into that and looking into all lines of inquiry,” Detective Inspector Michael Cantrell said on Saturday afternoon. “(The footage) shows a male in the vicinity. The time is yet to be confirmed. It is certainly a line of inquiry,” he said.
Inspector Cantrell said there were “no targets” at this point and “no intelligence to suggest any further threat”, despite no arrests having been made or suspects identified. He said family members were “devastated” and were “assisting police”.
When asked if anything had been stolen from the store or if there were any signs of a break-in, a source said: “Police are continuing to forensically examine the crime scene.”
Police described the scene as “confronting” for officers and said the injuries to 69-year-old Mr Chiem and 68-year-old Ms Gau were “significant”.
Insp Cantrell confirmed the bodies were found by a family member who called police, however he said it was “yet to be established” whether the family member was there when the murders occurred.
They appealed for anyone with any information about suspicious activity on Saturday morning – or the previous night – to come forward.
Local bakery shop owner Thanh Tran said he had seen the couple’s sons reunite in the laneway behind his shop, where they sat together for an hour and processed their parents’ death.
“About 9.30am the eldest son visited the store and then the youngest came and the two hugged and cried for an hour,” Mr Tran said.
“Police got them milk crates to sit on and they hugged and sat down and cried, and they looked so sad, it was so sad.
“And the police stood around and watched them (as they talked and cried).”
Other family members revisited the scene later in the afternoon and broke down as they spoke with police.
Locals who also knew and loved the couple stopped by the crime scene throughout the day, with one woman becoming emotional as she stared at the boarded-up shopfront surrounded by police tape.
“They worked their whole lives for that shop … they worked so hard,” she said.
Locals said the couple were friendly and had operated the takeaway shop for many years.
Heartbroken and shocked residents are flocking to the restaurant to pay their respects to the slain couple.
Jordan Springs local Wendy, a regular at the store, said Mr Chiem had just told her he planned to retire.
“They had the best takeaway. I asked them to come and open a store in Jordan Springs,” said Wendy.
“They knew me by name, I only had to ring up to make my order and they would say: ‘Hey Wendy’.”
“They were great to the customers. They’ve been there for so long.”
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