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Siblings of missing Canadian revive search

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As the third anniversary of the disappearance of Canadian tourist Ani Ashekian approaches, her two sisters are visiting Hong Kong, hoping to reignite the campaign to find her.

Sossy Ashekian, 30, and Rosie Kampstra, 36, spent this week in the city, meeting police investigators and the Canadian consulate to kick start search efforts.

They also handed out fliers outside Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui where Ani was last seen.

'In the past 12 months there have been no new clues at all of her whereabouts, so that's why we're here - to try and get the investigation going again,' Sossy said. 'Over the past year it's just gone quiet and there's been nothing. We felt we had to come back and get Ani's disappearance back in the public eye.'

Her family last heard from her on November 11, 2008, while she was in Hong Kong. Ani had been on a holiday through Asia. She had been visiting Beijing and travelled to Hong Kong. After staying in the city for a few days, she was due to fly to India before returning to Toronto.

Nearly three years ago, a CCTV camera in Causeway Bay MTR station recorded the last known images of the 33-year-old, twice withdrawing money from an ATM.

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