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2009-03-25 19:58:12
STOCKHOLM, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A 25-year-old Chinese woman was reported missing at the weekend during a ferry trip from Finland back to Sweden, the Chinese embassy in Stockholm said on Wednesday.

Early Saturday morning, Xu Xun disappeared from a Viking Lines ferry returning from Turku in Finland to Stockholm, according to the embassy.

Xu told her friends Friday evening that she was going up onto the deck to watch the sunrise Saturday morning. But she did not return to the cabin and her purse and other personal belongings remained there, the embassy said.

"Xu Xun comes from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. She has previously studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After her graduation in 2008 she worked for a Dutch company but lost the job not long ago because of the global economic crisis. She traveled to Finland together with three friends," Yang Shuaiqi, consul of the Chinese embassy in Stockholm, told Xinhua on the telephone.

The Chinese embassy has contacted Xu's family, the ferry security and local police. The police are working on the case, Yang added.

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Chinese woman missing after ferry trip

A 25-year-old Chinese woman has been reported missing after disappearing from a Viking Lines ferry at the weekend.
Friends of Xun Xu are appealing for help from members of the public after the woman went missing in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The woman was returning from Turku in Finland to Stockholm with three friends at the time of her disappearance. At around 6am on Saturday, she told her friends that she was going up on deck to watch the sunrise.

But she did not return to the cabin and her purse and other personal possessions remained untouched when the time came to disembark from the ferry.

"We don't want to consider the possibility that she might have fallen into the water," Chen Zhipeng, a friend, told The Local.

Jackie Moberg with the missing persons unit of the Stockholm police confirmed the disappearance.

“She has been reported missing but since then we haven’t had any new information,” she said.

“I’ve also been in contact with the police in Finland and asked them to look into the matter. They had no knowledge of the case when I called, but are currently checking hospital registries and other places in search of any information about her.”

Moberg added that police have requested security camera tapes from the boat, but must wait for it to return to port in order to review the footage.

Xun Xu has previously studied as an international master’s student at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

She currently works for a Dutch company and had returned to Sweden to visit friends. She was scheduled to fly back to the Netherlands on Monday.

Xun Xu is 1.67 metres tall. She was wearing a V-neck sweater with grey and black stripes, a purple scarf and long brown boots at the time of her disappearance.

Anybody with information pertaining to the case is asked to contact the police at 114 14 (or +46 77 114 14 00 outside Sweden).

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新华网斯德哥尔摩３月２５日电 中国驻瑞典大使馆２５日证实，一名２５岁的中国女子日前在乘游轮从芬兰返回瑞典途中失踪。

中国驻瑞典大使馆领事杨帅奇对新华网记者说，失踪的女子名叫徐迅，来自中国江苏省。２１日晚，徐迅曾告诉她同行的朋友，第二天早上要去甲板上看日出，但直至游轮抵达斯德哥尔摩，仍未返回船舱。其钱包、证件和行李等私人物品一直留在船舱内。

据介绍，徐迅曾就读于瑞典皇家工学院，去年毕业后到荷兰工作。由于全球金融危机，她最近失业。此次她返回瑞典与３位朋友乘船到芬兰旅行，原定于２３日返回荷兰。

杨帅奇说，大使馆获悉此事后已与斯德哥尔摩警方取得联系，并表示将尽全力协助警方寻找这名失踪女子。此外，大使馆也与失踪人员的家属取得了联系。