PETALING JAYA – For single mother Judy Tan, going through each day without her daughter who has been missing since September 25 is painful enough – but having to put up with unscrupulous fraudsters trying to cash in on her pain makes it all the worse.
Tan Yuen Hoon, 17, was seen last Monday leaving home about 3pm wearing a grey hoodie and white pants.
Tan, who is 165cm tall, left without taking her handphone and also missed school that particular day. A teacher said she saw her carrying small bags near a bus station at the Aeon Mall in Kepong at 3.30pm.
Judy has since appealed to the public to help locate her daughter and has also lodged a police report.
In the police report, she revealed that her daughter had also left a note.
The note read, “Sorry mum. I am leaving home and please don’t look for me”.
According to reports in the Chinese press, since she reported her daughter missing, she has received six blackmail messages.
She believes the messages are from the same fraudster who claimed Yuen Hoon was being held by them and that their “boss” demanded RM50,000 for her safe release.
The messages claimed that the “boss” was in Myanmar and warned her not to call the police or they would harm her daughter.
“I asked the ‘kidnappers’ to send me a video of my daughter as proof but there was no reply.
“I appeal to those responsible to please stop this as I am already so emotionally upset and stressed over my daughter’s situation,” she said.
Based on footage from the apartment’s CCTV, Yuen Hoon, a fifth-year student at a Chinese secondary school in Kepong, left her home wearing a grey hoodie and white pants.
“Please help me find my daughter. I believe she ran away as she was too stressed over her studies. Please come home, whatever it is, we can talk about it,” pleaded Judy.
Anyone with information on Yuen Hoon’s whereabouts can contact Judy Tan at 018-218 9377. – The Vibes, October 1, 2023
