New Zealander Joanna Ji has been found after she went missing while in the Netherlands without her bag, passport, phone and wallet.
Joanna Ji was reportedly missing for more than a week and did not have her passport, phone or wallet with her.
She also added the family are yet to speak with Ji directly, "she is still with the Dutch police and we don't have further details about how she is doing." "We have not been able to talk to her directly yet as she is still with the Dutch police and we don't have further details about how she is doing."
Joanna Ji's phone and wallet were handed into Dutch police, and family feared for her.
A police spokesperson said earlier that police were working with Dutch authorities through Interpol channels during the search for Joanna and were also offering support to her family in New Zealand. "Then her handbag, wallet and mobile phone was found by a member of the public and turned in to the police there, so we know she doesn't have any of those belongings or money on her." Her family said in a post on a Facebook page dedicated to the search that they hadn't been able to speak to her directly and she was with the Dutch police. A Givealittle page created to support the family during the search, including flights to Amsterdam, accommodation and social media advertising, has been shut down. The family of Joanna Ji had feared she had been harmed or kidnapped and had appealed to the public for information. The family said they were relieved Joanna had been found but had no information about what had happened to her.
A New Zealander missing in Amsterdam for more than a week without her phone, wallet or passport has been found alive, police say. Joanna Ji, 25, had been ...
She said her sister had been studying law and arts at the University of Auckland when she embarked on an OE. Maria told Stuff her belongings had been found and handed into Netherlands police by a member of the public. Maria said she had no details on the circumstances of the disappearance and the family had not yet spoken to Joanna.
It's unclear exactly what happened to the woman, who has Korean roots. โWe haven't been able to speak to her yet ourselves as she is still in the Dutch police.
Relatives are still planning to travel to our country to support Joanna. The money that remains, the family says they want to โdonate to a charity that supports the families of missing personsโ. It had in the meantime brought in 24,000 New Zealand dollars (nearly 15,000 euros), but the action has stopped now that the woman has been found. His passport, phone or wallet were found and handed over to the police.