Oh no! not again!

[Ginchiyo Tachibana]

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Jan 10, 2010

She is crying out for help

Woman from China spends her days scouring Singapore for missing daughter

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Madam Zhang making her way to HarbourFront MRT station with Crime Library's founder Joseph Tan. She believes her daughter visited Sentosa. -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM

THE only trace of makeup on her forlorn face is some hastily drawn black eyeliner. Madam Zhang Xiangyun's eyes are surrounded by dark rings, a result of sleeping an average of three hours a day over the past few weeks. Nearly every night, she said, her rest has been interrupted by dreams of her missing daughter Han Yanfei crying out for help from a distance. Madam Zhang, 49, has very little appetite these days. She has eaten mostly vegetables since she arrived here from China on Dec 29. The Liaoning native's walk is slow and mechanical from fatigue. But clinging to the barest slivers of hope, she is steadfast in her quest to find Ms Han. The 28-year-old hostess at Song KTV lounge in Telok Ayer Street has not been seen since Nov 8. She used to have webcam chats with her mother almost daily and did not fly home on Nov 27 as planned.

Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
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[Ginchiyo Tachibana]

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These foreigners are very talented.
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;" align="left">Posted by: perry0164 at Sun Jan 10 12:11:50 SGT 2010
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It is time for the police to end their silence and open up. Inform the public what is the case. Whether a police case has been registered in the first place and the status of investigations. Police must remember that it is damaging to their reputaion if victims themselves go about solving the case. It gives an image that the police are inefficient and it is no use trusting them. Especially 'Foreigners" will "Hope"fully think so.
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;" align="left">Posted by: Juosterr at Sun Jan 10 11:54:35 SGT 2010
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I am troubled by the insensitivity and heartless nature of singaporeans, going by their comments. Do you understand the feelings of a mother who lost her daughter and is struggling to trace her? Can you understand the pains of a mother? Here is one such woman who came all the way from China and took initiative by carrying placards in the hope of finding her lost daughter. Can acting be so natural and prolonged? Please, Singaporeans, if you cannot sympathise with her refrain from injuring here feelings by imputing motives.
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Posted by: ForeignerTheOnlyHope at Sun Jan 10 11:51:23 SGT 2010
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most PRC lost their faith after 60 years of brainwashing.
</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;" align="left">Posted by: millionaire394 at Sun Jan 10 11:35:42 SGT 2010
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So drama! I mean why cant she just turn to our police for help and just wait? By carrying this poster and crying out like this is just asking for sympathy and of cos money!

China people are all out here to con the hell out of us! I hope none is so dumb to give in. Let the police do the job.
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[Magoichi Saika]

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Jan 9, 2010

SMRT, it's a shame to pull the plug on Crime Library

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> I WAS shocked to learn from Thursday's report, 'SMRT pulls the plug on missing persons posters', that the action was taken because of 'high demand from various organisations for the space'. It is a shame that Crime Library, which is providing a service to help those who have 'lost' loved ones, cannot further its cause in the most visible manner possible - by displaying photographs and particulars of missing persons at MRT stations which have high human traffic throughout the day, every day of the year. SMRT should in fact do more and offer more notice boards rather than deny existing ones. The negative result of SMRT's action is very evident: This week, a grieving parent had to board trains and stomp the coffee shops with a blown-up picture of her missing daughter slung over her shoulders. Come on, SMRT. You are a Singapore icon. Be an icon with a conscience. Is it because of money that SMRT is denying space to Crime Library? Surely a couple of notice boards at each station will not rob the organisation of millions of dollars in revenue. No amount of exposure is sufficient when someone goes missing. SMRT is one of the most visible corporate entities here. What will Singaporeans and foreign visitors think of it now? It is time for SMRT to give back to the society which sustains it.

Murali Sharma

 

[exSINgaporean]

Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 10, 2010

She is crying out for help

Woman from China spends her days scouring Singapore for missing daughter

<!-- by line --> By Leonard Lim
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Madam Zhang making her way to HarbourFront MRT station with Crime Library's founder Joseph Tan. She believes her daughter visited Sentosa. -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM

THE only trace of makeup on her forlorn face is some hastily drawn black eyeliner. Madam Zhang Xiangyun's eyes are surrounded by dark rings, a result of sleeping an average of three hours a day over the past few weeks. Nearly every night, she said, her rest has been interrupted by dreams of her missing daughter Han Yanfei crying out for help from a distance. Madam Zhang, 49, has very little appetite these days. She has eaten mostly vegetables since she arrived here from China on Dec 29. The Liaoning native's walk is slow and mechanical from fatigue. But clinging to the barest slivers of hope, she is steadfast in her quest to find Ms Han. The 28-year-old hostess at Song KTV lounge in Telok Ayer Street has not been seen since Nov 8. She used to have webcam chats with her mother almost daily and did not fly home on Nov 27 as planned.

Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
[email protected]

This is an absolute disgrace to Singapore police...a foreign mother has to single-handedly carry her lost daughter's photo to gain public attention for help to locate her.

Where is the police action? They are so quick to arrest the political offenders and small time drug pushers and put them to death and yet cannot locate this missing lady. Come on, Singapore is only a small island, what is so difficult for the police force to find her?

Wong Cunt Sing, how are you doing your job?

I hope the police would not arrest this mom for "staging a protest match with a cause."

 

[Watchman]

You know what you are in for when you follow strangers with the lure of money !