Disappearance of Tina Lim

At about 4.15pm on 22 June 2002, 14-year-old Tina Lim Xin Ying, a Secondary Two student in Unity Secondary School, was last seen heading out of her Choa Chu Kang flat to pay her ailing grandfather a visit. Before leaving, Tina called her aunt, who stayed in the same block as Tina's grandfather in Jurong. She never showed up at her grandfather's house.[1]

Following Tina's disappearance, Tina's father, Lim Boon Kee (Chinese: 林文枝; pinyin: Lín Wénzhī) put up over 7,000 missing person posters. When he could not find Tina in Singapore, he continued his search in neighbouring Malaysia, in areas including Penang, Ipoh, Sarawak, and even the border with Thailand. [2]

Tina's grandfather, who she had left to visit on the day she went missing, died on 28 October 2003. Tina's father put up a note on the newspaper obituary which read: "Tina, your grandfather who loved you very much has passed away. Please come and see him for the last time." On 1 November 2003, the last day of the funeral wake, the family received several mysterious phone calls. Lim took the call, but the caller remained silent.[3][4] Police investigations traced the phone calls to a home in Pasir Ris. After interviewing the family residing in that location, the police determined that Tina did not make the call from that household. However, Tina's family was not convinced and believed the call did come from Tina.

After the incident at Tina's grandfather's funeral, Tina was not seen or heard of again. As of December 2020, Tina is still missing.

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