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Related: Chinese student found dead in floating suitcase in NZ
WELLINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Police
said Tuesday significant developments has been achieved in Auckland's Chinese
student body in the suitcase killing.
Police officers said three men were questioned and
are now assisting police following a raid on a central Auckland apartment this
morning.
The body of English language student Wan Biao was
found in a suitcase, floating in the Waitemata Harbor, last Friday.
Wan, who was from the Zhejiang province of China,
died of multiple injuries.
Detective Inspector Bernie Hollewand said the Police
have also learned where the suitcase containing the 19-year-old's body was
thrown into the Harbor.
He said forensic tests have been conducted at an
inner city hotel.
Police said they wanted to speak to a group of women
who were at the corner of Wellesley and Elliot Streets, where is near the
suspected scene, about 3:30 a.m. on Friday.
Hollewand said they could have information which
would be useful to the inquiry.
Wan was last seen alive on Thursday night. He arrived
in Auckland last August and had been studying English.
Earlier Tuesday police said they had been given leads
on people Wan contacted on the internet, and people he socialized with, and they
want those people to contact them.
The Police were also still trying to identify two men
who were seen leaving the Westhaven Marina in a small boat at 8:30 a.m. on Good
Friday.
The Police said Wan's parents in China was noticed
the death of their son and they were "devastated."
The parents are coming to New Zealand.
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