The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) dispatched close to a hundred officers to Pulau Ubin, splitting into 24 sections and smaller teams to scour the offshore island. On 27 August 1986, there was a reported sighting of the missing boys on Pulau Ubin. There were reportedly thousands of missing posters distributed island-wide asking for anyone who had information on the whereabouts of the missing boys. The police searched the estates surrounding Owen Primary School for days following the disappearance. Singaporeīoth families told the police that it was “unlikely that the boys had run away from home”. Search effortsĪ 1988 news report covering The Straits Times' attempt at updating the photograph (top right) of the missing Keh Chin Ann. Madam Tan observed that this was unlike Hong Huat as he was usually more timid and liked his mother’s company in public. It was assumed that Hong Huat was going to meet Chin Ann. Hong Huat had requested to go to school on his own that day as he said that he was meeting a friend. The last person to see Toh Hong Huat was his mother, Madam Tan Geok Guan. Piwei then left Chin Ann’s bag at the school’s tuckshop bench, assuming that Chin Ann would come back to collect it. According to Wang Piwei, a classmate of the missing boys, he had offered to “take care of” Chin Ann’s bag while he was away. Ĭhin Ann was last seen at around 12.30 pm on when he had left the school grounds to some nearby shops. No one else had seen the two boys after 12:30 pm on. Photo from Crime Library Singapore.Īccording to their teacher, Keh Chin Ann and Toh Hong Huat were close friends who were generally well-behaved and did not miss classes. Toh Hong Huat (left) and Keh Chin Ann (right).