Chong hopes for info on missing five


PETALING JAYA: As efforts are underway to secure the release of the 11 Malaysians stranded in North Korea, MCA Youth hopes that there will be new information over the disappearance of four Malay­sians and a Singaporean nearly 40 years ago.

The movement’s chief Datuk Chong Sin Woon said the five women disappeared without a trace in August 1978 and were believed to have ended up in North Korea.

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