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+ @! _5 h  }  f! [Detectives investigating the murder of a Chinese couple have said they are keeping an "open mind" as to a motive.
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The bodies of Zhen Xing Yang and his girlfriend Xi Zhou, both 25, were found in their Newcastle flat on 9 August.
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A lodger who is believed to have agreed to take up residence shortly before the killings has not yet been traced." @4 k+ W, _  A6 u2 M! S2 r

* e9 U9 b0 U% @/ MPolice confirmed that one motive being explored is the targetingof Chinese nationals who have advertised rented accommodation, usuallyon websites.
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Det Supt Steve Wade said that a number of offenceshave been identified in London, Manchester and the North East whereChinese nationals have posed as
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prospective tenants before robbing theoccupants of cash and valuables using violence.( ^# j0 U5 E6 d6 ~# B

- l* q( z7 Z2 J* L0 B; m! o) z; Z6 F"A number of gangs have been identified, mainly from the Fujianprovince of mainland China. We are not aware of any links totriad-based criminality," he said.( c& [$ ?) m3 j' P$ c# T
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"We are in close liaison with colleagues in Manchester and theMetropolitan Police force area as part of the murder investigation.") R" w" N8 h! B3 i7 M0 g: K5 u

8 E6 R% N# `$ I6 D- t; o0 gHe added that despite a number of appeals, police had not beenable to trace a lodger believed to have agreed to take up residence atthe flat in Croydon 4 x- E0 W) ?! {, W9 @/ d1 e' L1 e% F. X
Road, and it was vitally important he wasidentified.0 q# o- m" I7 X+ N* K3 E. s0 |2 z3 M

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