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Jan 22, 2022 · CNA speaks to individuals who continue to hope, and a non-profit group that traces missing people. But what happens when it has been decades with no answer in sight?
- Grace Yeoh
Feb 14, 2022 · The total number of people in Singapore who went missing was 2,064 in 2019, 1,611 in 2020 and 1,397 in 2021. Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said a total of 5,072 persons went...
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- What Happens After The Police Report Has Been Made?
- What Should I Do If My Loved One Is Missing Overseas?
- What Are Other Ways of Finding/Tracking My Loved One Who Is missing?
- If The Missing Person Is Never Found
- What If My Loved One Is Missing Due to A Natural Disaster?
After lodging a police report, the police officers will advise you on the next course of action. They will inform you if they have located your loved one.
If your loved one is missing overseas, you should likewise make a police report in Singapore. Upon which, contact the relevant Singapore Overseas Missionor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) at 6379 8800 and provide them with the police report number from the written report (as mentioned above). The MFA would be able to check with major hospital...
Contact the missing person’s mobile phone
After making the police report, continue calling the missing person’s mobile number. The most important part here is to check if the number rings or goes straight to voicemail. This may shed some light on whether the mobile phone is in an accessible mode (i.e. switched on) or if has been switched off. If the mobile phone is in an accessible mode, satellite technology makes it possible to trace the location of the mobile phone, which would help in locating the current (if the mobile phone is i...
Check your loved one’s social media accounts
At the same time, you may wish to keep track of your loved one’s social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. The last social media postingmay give a clue on how or what your loved one is feeling. He or she may have been feeling depressed and may have developed a suicidal intent or faced any danger from anyone. If so, you should let the police know so they can follow up on the investigation accordingly. If your loved one had recently checked-in to a location on social media,...
Spread the word online
Meanwhile, you may also wish to spread the word on your, your family and/or friends’ social media platforms. According to Crime Library Singapore, a crime awareness and prevention non-profit organisation that mobilises volunteers to conduct physical searches of missing persons, the search for finding missing persons has gone online and the chances of finding missing persons have been higher and quickerever since. On November 2017, a 32-year old woman who was reported missing was found by a ma...
When a loved one has gone missing, and you have exhausted all ways to find your loved one, what may be left to do is to protect and manage your loved one’s affairs. For example, any property or bills that he/she may have left behind and needs to be properly dealt with. However, in order to deal with a missing person’s affairs, you will need to appl...
Must I still prove the death of my loved one to obtain the presumption of death certificate?
If you can prove that your loved one was at the location of the disaster, perhaps by submitting the flight ticket of a flight crash or the accommodation details where the natural disaster had occurred, you may immediately apply to the court for the presumption of death certificate. Once the court has declared the missing person presumed dead, and you have obtained the presumption of death certificate, you may then proceed to apply and obtain the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration t...
Aug 1, 2016 · SINGAPORE — In its heyday, volunteer group Crime Library — best known for mobilising searches for missing people — put up 3,000 flyers weekly and handled notable cases such as that of Huang...
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