Thai Immigrant Shot Dead In Australia

A Thai man who immigrated to Australia has been shot dead by police in Sydney.

Danukul Mokmool was in the vicinity of Sydney's Central Station when cops took him down but it is unclear at present what his crime was.

Danukul, suffered from mental illness and was trying to turn his life around after battling drug addiction.

The 30-year-old was a keen church goer and studied at TAFE technical college in Queensland.

On his Facebook page he described himself as "nice and friendly" and saying "My looks might confuse you but my heart is pure".

The lad is a former prison inmate but previous to his shooting, appeared to be working hard to get his life back on track.