Young father Kok On Chin was trying to forge a new life for himself and his family in Australia when he was run over and killed by his own delivery van as it was being stolen in Sydney in 2006.

Nearly eight years after his death, police are renewing a $100,000 reward for information about the two thieves who drove away with Mr Chin, 33, clinging to the driver's side window of the vehicle in a desperate bid to stop the theft.

Police finger print and photograph Kok On Chin's van after he was killed in October 2006. Credit:Kate Geraghty

Mr Chin, also known as Marcus, had moved to Australia from Malaysia just five months before his death and had taken a job as a furniture delivery driver.

His wife and five-year-old daughter were visiting him from Malaysia at the time, and had hoped to move permanently to Sydney when Mr Chin had established their home.