---
title: "Mum in China believes daughter missing for over 20 years was taken to S’pore: ‘Greatest regret of my life’"
url: "/singapore-seen/mum-china-believes-daughter-missing-over-20-years-was-taken-spore-greatest-regret-my-life"
published: "2026-10-21T10:21:19.000Z"
updated: "2026-10-21T10:21:19.000Z"
section: "Singapore Seen"
authors: ["Farah Daley"]
tags: ["looking for","family","daughter","mother","China","Singapore Seen","missing"]
---

# Mum in China believes daughter missing for over 20 years was taken to S’pore: ‘Greatest regret of my life’

A mother from China is appealing for help to find her daughter, who went missing more than 21 years ago at the age of two and is believed to have been brought to Singapore.

Zheng Fengjiao, 52, from Raoping County in Guangdong province, said her youngest daughter disappeared on Feb 9, 2005, while playing outside their family home.

Born on Aug 23, 2002, the girl would now be 24 years old.

Her plight was brought to Stomp’s attention by Stomper Wen Chou, a Singaporean who came across one of Zheng’s video appeals on WeChat while visiting China a few months ago.

Although he is not related to Zheng, Wen Chou reached out to her and offered to help.

He told Stomp that Zheng believes her daughter was taken to a Teochew family in Singapore, reportedly surnamed Wu or Goh, based on information she had gathered over the years.

Wen Chou suggested approaching Singapore’s Teochew clan associations for possible leads, but Zheng faced several obstacles.

“She cannot communicate in English, nor does she know of any contact who may be able to help,” he said.

He added that she was not technologically savvy and had difficulty accessing some Singapore websites from China.

Wen Chou subsequently wrote to Ngee Ann Kongsi and the Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan on her behalf.

After receiving no reply for two weeks, he contacted Stomp in the hope of reaching a wider audience.

## More than two decades of searching for her missing daughter

According to Wen Chou, Zheng’s youngest daughter was born when China’s one-child policy was in effect and did not have an official birth certificate.

Zheng’s husband had left the family following the child’s birth, leaving her to care for their two daughters.

When her youngest daughter was about a month old, a kindergarten teacher who taught her elder daughter reportedly approached Zheng and asked whether she would consider giving the baby away to a friend.

Zheng said the friend was from the same town in Guangdong province. She later learnt that the ‘friend’ was actually the teacher’s sister-in-law.

However, Zheng did not agree to give her daughter away.

More than two years later, on Feb 9, 2005, the girl disappeared while playing outside the family home.

Zheng subsequently received information from a relative on her husband’s side of the family suggesting that her missing daughter had been taken to Singapore.

She also learnt that the woman who had earlier been suggested as a prospective caregiver was purportedly connected to the Singapore family through a godparent relationship.

According to Zheng, the Singapore family was also related to the person who had provided information about her daughter’s whereabouts.

These reported connections led her to believe that her daughter had been brought to Singapore.

Over the years, Zheng tried to trace the people she believed might have information about her daughter’s disappearance.

She reportedly lodged a police report in China in 2021 and posted an appeal on Baobeihuijia, an online platform dedicated to helping families search for missing relatives, in 2022.

Despite her efforts, she has yet to locate her daughter.

## ‘I will respect her choice’

In a video appeal shared with Stomp, Zheng spoke of the pain of being separated from her daughter.

“Being separated from my flesh and blood for 22 years has been the greatest regret of my life,” she said in Mandarin.

However, she stressed that she does not wish to disrupt her daughter’s life.

“No matter where my daughter is living in Singapore, I will not disturb her peaceful life,” she said.

“I will respect her choice. I ask for no repayment or compensation. I only wish for recognition and reunion.”

Zheng hopes her daughter knows that her biological mother and elder sister, born in 1998, are looking forward to reuniting with her.

She appealed to members of the public who might have information to come forward.

“I sincerely thank everyone who helps share this appeal,” she said.

“May my daughter and I be reunited soon.”

Anyone with information that may assist Zheng in her search can contact Stomp at stomp@sph.com.sg or WhatsApp 9384 361.