Kensington ‘fight night’ thug stranded in Vietnam after death of Melbourne mates

A Melbourne man with underworld links is stuck in Vietnam seven weeks after the mysterious deaths of holiday-makers Vincent Atulia and Andrew Colivas.

Mikhael Myko, who was jailed over the infamous Kensington fight-night violence of 2019, is now stuck in Vietnam.

A Melbourne man with underworld links is stuck in Vietnam seven weeks after the mysterious deaths of two mates.

Mikhael Myko, who was jailed over the infamous Kensington fight-night violence of 2019, has been unable to leave the country since the tragic deaths of holiday-makers Vincent Atulia and Andrew Colivas.

Police are investigating whether Mr Atulia, 24, and Mr Colivas, 25, who were from Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs, died of drug overdoses.

They have since been repatriated.

But Myko has been unable to leave for reasons which remain unclear, recently marking his 31st birthday in the South-East Asian country.

Andrew Colivas died in Vietnam. Picture: Supplied

Two other Australian men who were receiving consular assistance in the period after the deaths have since flown out of Vietnam.

At least one of them is believed to have travelled to the Middle-East.

A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade statement said consular assistance was being provided to an Australian in Vietnam.

“Owing to our privacy obligations, we are unable to provide further comment,” the statement said.

Myko and brothers Abdullah and Ali El Nasher were at the Melbourne Pavilion for a March 1, 2019, night of boxing when a slanging match broke out with a group of men on another table.

Those men, young dad Benjamin Togiai, Omar Bchinnati and Joseph Abouchaya were asked to leave before things turned ugly outside.

Vince Atulia died in Vietnam. Picture: Supplied

Abdullah fatally shot Mr Togiai and also hit Bchinnati, wounding him in the thigh.

Myko then fired four times at Abouchaya, hitting him in the abdomen and leg.

As Abouchaya lay on the floor of the venue’s foyer with life-threatening injuries, Ali El Nasher stomped on him and punched him and Myko bashed him to the back of the head with his handgun.

Myko and Abdullah El Nasher fled to New South Wales and were arrested a week later.

Police charged Myko with attempted murder but he pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury and was handed an 806-day prison term, which meant he had already served his time when he was sentenced in the Supreme Court in June last year.

Ali El Nasher is believed to have been recently freed from jail.

Abdullah El Nasher is serving a minimum 22-year prison stretch for the murder of Mr Togiai.

Originally published as Kensington ‘fight night’ thug stranded in Vietnam after death of Melbourne mates