chang was murdered on 4 july 1991 in mosman, sydney. he was 54. he was shot in the head twice for turning down the efforts of extortion by two men. the men, malaysians chew seng "ah sung" liew and choon tee "phillip" lim, first ran their vehicle into chang's car, making him pull over. after arguing, chang was shot dead by liew. the men both later spent time in jail.