Chitchat The Singaporean medical student who disappeared in Athens in 2011

[Si1verwolf]

Poor fellow's name was Kouk Leong Jin and he was by all accounts a high-achiever. Naval officer, karate black belt, went to a neighbourhood school but worked hard and was studying to become a medical doctor through the longer NUS-Duke research pathway. Dated his wife for 7 long years and married for not more than a fortnight before he disappeared off the face of the earth forever in 2011 in Greece where he was at to deliver a medical paper in a medical conference

It's only speculation but what probably happened was he decided to do a bit of sight-seeing in the hours leading up to the medical conference. He was spotted by and was approached by a local taxi tout who offered to drive him to some nearby sight-seeing spots, take some photos, enjoy some street food, buy some souvenirs, then drive him back to the medical conference and Kouk would still be in time to deliver his medical paper. It sounded like a good deal. And to Kouk, the smiling and persuasive taxi tout looked harmless and friendly enough.

Kouk gets into the car and is driven to a secluded place where Kouk was robbed and killed.

Reports at the time said one of Kouk's friends got a missed call from Kouk's phone at the time of his disappearance. Looks like Kouk made a desperate last-ditch attempt to call for help. This friend of his must have sleepless nights wondering if his friend Kouk could have been saved had he only answered the damn phone.

 

[Balls2U]

Poor fellow's name was Kouk Leong Jin and he was by all accounts a high-achiever. Naval officer, karate black belt, went to a neighbourhood school but worked hard and was studying to become a medical doctor through the longer NUS-Duke research pathway. Dated his wife for 7 long years and married for not more than a fortnight before he disappeared off the face of the earth forever in 2011 in Greece where he was at to deliver a medical paper in a medical conference

It's only speculation but what probably happened was he decided to do a bit of sight-seeing in the hours leading up to the medical conference. He was spotted by and was approached by a local taxi tout who offered to drive him to some nearby sight-seeing spots, take some photos, enjoy some street food, buy some souvenirs, then drive him back to the medical conference and Kouk would still be in time to deliver his medical paper. It sounded like a good deal. And to Kouk, the smiling and persuasive taxi tout looked harmless and friendly enough.

Kouk gets into the car and is driven to a secluded place where Kouk was robbed and killed.

Reports at the time said one of Kouk's friends got a missed call from Kouk's phone at the time of his disappearance. Looks like Kouk made a desperate last-ditch attempt to call for help. This friend of his must have sleepless nights wondering if his friend Kouk could have been saved had he only answered the damn phone.

How strange. I just thought of him earlier this evening and intended to post a thread on this. But you beat me to it.

 

[Boonsiong]

Most likely he committed suicide

 

[eatshitndie]

a sinkie geek in a greek tragedy. have some cumfort that the conference audience was spared from a presentation full of cringy singrish accent.

 

[Balls2U]

This is his wife, Seow Shu Ping.

 

[supreme]

Poor fellow's name was Kouk Leong Jin and he was by all accounts a high-achiever. Naval officer, karate black belt, went to a neighbourhood school but worked hard and was studying to become a medical doctor through the longer NUS-Duke research pathway. Dated his wife for 7 long years and married for not more than a fortnight before he disappeared off the face of the earth forever in 2011 in Greece where he was at to deliver a medical paper in a medical conference

It's only speculation but what probably happened was he decided to do a bit of sight-seeing in the hours leading up to the medical conference. He was spotted by and was approached by a local taxi tout who offered to drive him to some nearby sight-seeing spots, take some photos, enjoy some street food, buy some souvenirs, then drive him back to the medical conference and Kouk would still be in time to deliver his medical paper. It sounded like a good deal. And to Kouk, the smiling and persuasive taxi tout looked harmless and friendly enough.

Kouk gets into the car and is driven to a secluded place where Kouk was robbed and killed.

Reports at the time said one of Kouk's friends got a missed call from Kouk's phone at the time of his disappearance. Looks like Kouk made a desperate last-ditch attempt to call for help. This friend of his must have sleepless nights wondering if his friend Kouk could have been saved had he only answered the damn phone.

Probably targeted by the underworld for his organs. The dark side is they target lone travellers drug them and tramsport them to another place to harvest their organs. Never trust any vile Europeans esp taxi drivers. Or strangers offering cheap rides or sweets water etc. Rather stupid and naive for a medical student. Now its happening in thai cambodia border.

 

[WangChuk]

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This is his wife, Seow Shu Ping.

so sad ... dont cry cry ... life needs to go on .... he gone, moi offer to give her a new family to restart happy life ....

 

[jsctan]

Probably targeted by the underworld for his organs. The dark side is they target lone travellers drug them and tramsport them to another place to harvest their organs. Never trust any vile Europeans esp taxi drivers. Or strangers offering cheap rides or sweets water etc. Rather stupid and naive for a medical student. Now its happening in thai cambodia border.

Sinkies are quite naive, can be booksmart but not streetsmarts. Wonder why we are called Nanny State.

 

[Si1verwolf]

Same thing happened to this ATB scholar in AmeriKKKa for exchange program. Got into the car of a stranger who told her with a warm smile on his face that he was a cop and that he could give her a ride to where she needed to go to. ATB had been in AmeriKKKa for not more than a month.

Her body was never found. Thanks to AmeriKKKa's woke justice system the murderer was spared the death penalty because the murderer deserves compassion but a Chinese life is worth much less.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...an-jailed-for-life-for-and-of-chinese-scholar

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...ese-scholar-s-brutal-death-he-did-it-n1017151

 

[Si1verwolf]

Had people like Kouk and this ATB scholar and many others in their situation listened to their inner protector and chosen to be just a little paranoid and stay safe by erring on the side of caution and not get into a seemingly kind stranger's car albeit at the expense of appearing rude, they would have still been alive today.

One thing that Lee Hsien Loong once said in his speeches really is true and is sound advice in our dangerous and violent world:
"It is good to be paranoid. Paranoia keeps you alive."

 

[CoffeeAhSoh]

Here is a photo from the widely circulated public search notices and media reports showing Kouk Leong Jin.
The image displays his appearance around the time of his disappearance in 2011, which was used extensively by authorities and his family in their international appeals for information.

 

[CoffeeAhSoh]

Kouk Leong Jin, born on August 22, 1983, was a twenty-eight-year-old Singaporean medical student who mysteriously vanished in Athens, Greece, in late September 2011.

A promising fourth-year student at Duke-NUS Medical School, Kouk was an athletic individual who had previously completed his national service in the Republic of Singapore Navy and competed on the National University of Singapore taekwondo team.

He travelled to the Greek capital on September 25, 2011, to present a research paper at the 9th International Scientific Meeting of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Only a few weeks prior to his journey, Kouk had married Seow Shu Ping, a school teacher who stayed behind in Singapore due to work commitments.

Upon arriving, Kouk checked into the Golden Age Hotel and sent an email to his wife on September 26, detailing his safe arrival and his plans to explore local hills, the Acropolis, and nearby islands.

He disappeared the following day, September 27, 2011, failing to show up for the opening of the medical conference on Wednesday.

His last known point of contact was a missed call placed late Tuesday evening to a fellow Singaporean friend and classmate who was flying in for the same convention.


When his friend and hotel staff later accessed his room, they found his luggage, clothes, and mobile phone charger still plugged into the wall, indicating he had not returned after leaving on Tuesday morning.

His mobile phone data activity showed he had last used the internet around Victoria Square before the device was deactivated. Despite an intense international search operation involving the Hellenic Police, the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interpol, local non-governmental organizations, and his distraught family members who immediately flew to Athens, no concrete trace of Kouk was ever uncovered. His case remains one of Singapore's most prominent unresolved missing-persons mysteries.

 

[Si1verwolf]

 

[Balls2U]

Here is a photo from the widely circulated public search notices and media reports showing Kouk Leong Jin.
The image displays his appearance around the time of his disappearance in 2011, which was used extensively by authorities and his family in their international appeals for information.

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He now looks like Skeletor.

 

[CoffeeAhSoh]

now should be at the peak of his O&G specialty and possibly a millionaire specialist.


Thread 'Sinkies Doctors scammed IRAS by pretending to be low paying employees of their own companies' https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/si...ying-employees-of-their-own-companies.427849/

 

[UltimaOnline]

Same thing happened to this ATB scholar in AmeriKKKa for exchange program. Got into the car of a stranger who told her with a warm smile on his face that he was a cop and that he could give her a ride to where she needed to go to. ATB had been in AmeriKKKa for not more than a month.

Her body was never found. Thanks to AmeriKKKa's woke justice system the murderer was spared the death penalty because the murderer deserves compassion but a Chinese life is worth much less.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...an-jailed-for-life-for-and-of-chinese-scholar

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...ese-scholar-s-brutal-death-he-did-it-n1017151