// October 16th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Incidents, Media discussion, Within Victoria
Update: 11 November 2009 – Missing student Timothy Wing Keung has been located in Sydney and is returning to Melbourne today. Police investigating his disappearance have spoken personally to him and he is safe and well. The Anti Violence Project thanks the GLBT and extended community for actively networking to ensure this man’s whereabouts became known and safety was ensured.
Update: 22 October 2009 – The location of missing student Timothy Wing Keung remains unknown. Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officer Acting Sergeant Gabby Tyacke and AVP head Greg Adkins joined JOY 94.9 “Conch” host today to request anyone within the GLBT community with information about Tim’s whereabouts to come forward and assist in locating his whereabouts.
Please contact Knox Police on 09 9881 7000 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppers.com.au
Previously:
Distraught parents of missing student plea for help
Courtesy of The Age (Andra Jackson), October 14, 2009
Missing student Timothy Wing Keung.
The distraught mother of a Hong Kong student missing in Melbourne has begged him to get in touch.
Timothy Wing Keung, 29, was last seen at his Ferntree Gully home about 6.30am last Monday.
Mr Keung, who is studying IT security at Deakin University’s Burwood campus, left behind a number of personal items he usually carried with him.
Police are concerned for Mr Keung’s wellbeing.
His mother Sau Ying Ng said she spoke to her son regularly over the internet but when she last rang him about noon on the day he disappeared, he did not want to talk.
‘‘Tim sounded really tired. He didn’t want to talk. He just hung up the phone,’’ she said speaking in Melbourne through an interpreter and family friend Koonju Wang.
Two days later, his family in Hong Kong was contacted by police and told their son was missing.
‘‘He just walked out and didn’t bring anything with him. He didn’t bring a jacket or money. I am really worried,’’ Mrs Ng said.
She has visited the house where Mr Keung lives with two other students but found nothing amiss.
Mrs Ng appealed to her son to make contact saying, ‘‘Mum just wants to know that you are safe and well.’’
She asked her son to leave a message on the internet to reassure his family that he is safe.
Mrs Ng was accompanied to Australia by one of her two daughters Lai Wah, 26, who described her missing brother as ‘‘really helpful’’. When family friends sent their son or daughter to Australia to study, Mr Keung would look after them.
They affectionately called him ‘‘Uncle Tim’’.
Mr Keung, 29, had been in Australia a year and loved his new home.
‘‘He was really confident and studied hard,’’ his sister said.
Mr Keung is described as Asian, 176 centimetres, 60 kilograms, with straight black collar-length hair, dark-coloured eyes and of thin build.
He speaks Cantonese and reasonable English and was believed to be wearing tracksuit pants and runners.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Knox police on 9881 7000 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or go to www.crimestoppers.com.au
Click here to link to associated article from The Age & view a picture of Timothy Keung.
Click here to reach related article from The Herald Sun.
