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Caption: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson applauds Stefanutti Stocks Coastal Regional Manager Matthew Horwill who was shot by the construction mafia after his company refused to bow to extortion pressure. Photo: Supplied

Police are investigating the kingpins who issue extortion orders while ensconced in upmarket suburbs, the minister tells a summit on the problem

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