THE mother of missing nine-year-old Leung Wan-wah insists: 'I know my daughter is alive somewhere.' Au Yeung Yau-choi broke down as she spoke of the six-month ordeal waiting for news of her daughter who disappeared from her home in Thistle Street, Tai Kok Tsui, on August 21.
'She is only nine years old. She has never done anything wrong or upset anyone,' she said.
'How could anyone be so cruel, taking her away and not allowing her to come home?' In their desperate quest for news, Wan-wah's father, Leung Cho-wang, visited a fortune-teller in his home town in Guangdong. His wife saw another fortune-teller in Central over the Lunar New Year.
Both told them that their daughter was still alive and was being held against her will.
However, she would return home by the summer, they were told in a prediction that has given them a ray of hope.
Her mother said: 'She is only a little girl. She is weak and thin and only weighs 40 pounds [18kg]. I'm afraid she may not be able to bear the hardship of living outdoors, if that is what has happened to her.' The family stayed in Hong Kong over the Lunar New Year, afraid to go to their mainland home town as usual in case Wan-wah returned home and found no one to greet her.
'Sometimes, I think I would have preferred it if she had died in a car accident. At least then I would know she was dead and why she was dead,' her mother said.