Tourist missing in Hong Kong: help find Ani Ashekian 1/7

On November 9, 2008, Ani Ashekian left Xian, China on a Dragon Airlines flight to Hong Kong.

On November 10, Ani Ashekian was seen in Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui and also Causeway Bay.

And then on November 11, Ani Ashekian disappeared without a trace.

Tourists in Hong Kong simply don't vanish. Last year, more than 29 million visitors passed through Hong Kong's borders and this native to Canada was one of them.

But according to the Immigration Department, there is no record of Ani ever having left Hong Kong.

There have been no e-mails or phone calls to friends and family. There has been no activity on her bank accounts. There is no electronic or print paper trail. The pervasive digital traces we all generate in today's information driven society there are none for Ani Ashekian.

Eight months have passed since anyone has last seen or heard from her. It's a mystery with many questions and few clues, and it's a mystery that has left family members and loved ones longing for information.

How could a tourist simply disappear in Hong Kong one of the safest cities in the world?

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[Veldiw]

Look closer; over the past fifteen years there are girls in Hong Kong vanished without a trace; like every 2 or 3 years there would be a case like that. Those girls are in different occupations- student, clerk.. the most unlikely personalities who would go wrong. Let's face it, you people, there is a beast out there on the loose. Not neccessarily the North Korea Conspiracy or what.. just a beast.

[crazybutgorgeous]

Chungking Mansion is not a safe place to stay ... Very crowded , noisy & at night so many african man down the bldg and they always bother people who walked donw the street ... i hope and pray that they can find Ani as soon as possible ... You have my prayers :)

[fasteasyincomes]

Has she been found yet

[punkurasson]

OK that chungking mansion is mysterious place where u can get lots of bad people there.. indians . pakisatani, blacks and i think some of those people must have killed her and got away with her money... killed her put her in the bag and threw in ocean... now this sounds real...i am from hongkong and criminals often do dat to hide their crimes..........

[moneyindabank]

she was probably into drugs.

[Ericules555]

check kowloon she may be there forced against her will

[acerb45666555]

no use of banking material. this may be a crime of emotion, not robbery.

[cczzzzz]

there could be a chance she was abducted? has anyone seen the movie Taken?

idk i hope i am wrong...but theres no way she wudnt try to contact anyone unless she was held against her will...

are the canadian police and local police in Hong Kong still trying to track her?

[arcanecraft]

How can they not find out what happened to her...theres gotta be cameras all over the place.

[curseknight5]

No affense but a person cant disappear for soo many months without contacting someone, unless she isn't alive...

[JOEYALEGRIA]

ITS JULY 2010, AND STILL NOTHING.. EVERY TIME I SEE THIS VIDEO I GET OVERWHELMED ,BECAUSE THEY SHOW A FOTO ,THAT I SHOT WITH HER CAMERA ,WHEN WE BOTH CLIMBED THE WAYNNA PICHU IN PERU.A VERY ENERGETIC DOLL. SHE WAS ALWAYS CONCERN OF ME MAKING IT TO THE TOP, THAT SHE WAITED FOR ME EVEN WHEN I TOLD HER TO GO ON HER OWN . THAT ,SHOWED THE REAMARKABLE SOUL OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN.GOD BLESS HER WHEREVER SHE IS AT..AND WISHING A PROMPT RETURN.......

[happymana]

All ladies who are pretty and alone, keep away from dark places at night, and don't travel alone.. If you don't head this simple advice, then you will have problems.