Cabramatta's most famous murder - the first political assassination in Australia - is back in the spotlight.
On Monday ABC 1's Four Corners TV program aired an investigation into the murder in 1994 of state Labor MP for Cabramatta, John Newman.
After an aborted trial, a hung jury and finally a verdict, former Fairfield councillor Phuong Ngo was found guilty in 2001 and is serving a life sentence in Goulburn's Supermax Prison.
Fairfield councillor Dennis Huynh said the program had shown there is reasonable doubt over the conviction.
"It was widely known that he didn't want Newman's seat [in parliament]," he said.
"He is serving a life sentence based on a case with holes all through it. The case should be re-opened."
The program aired the views of many who believe Ngo's conviction was a miscarriage of justice but Newman's friend, former Fairfield mayor Ken Chapman, disagrees.
"Most of the evidence in the program has been tested before and settled, so I was a bit surprised to see it come up again but nothing has changed," he said.
"I firmly believe Ngo did it, and it was political, but it wasn't because Ngo wanted Newman's seat. Newman had passed information about Ngo's dealings at the Mekong Club to ICAC, which showed how deep Ngo's hands had been in the club's pockets."
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