MS Unsolved: Was North Korea behind the cold case of five social escorts who went missing in Singapore?<\/h2>\n
MS Unsolved is a series that hopes to raise awareness of cold cases in Singapore and generate new leads. If you have any information on the cases, reach out to MS News or the police.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n On the fateful evening of 20 Aug 1978, a Singaporean and four Malaysian women, who worked as social escorts, joined three \u2018generous\u2019 clients on a ship<\/a> anchored off the coast of Singapore.<\/p>\n None of them would ever be seen again despite the efforts of the police.<\/p>\n Source: New Nation via NewspaperSG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 48 years later, the fate of the missing women remains unknown.<\/p>\n Rumours flew that they had been kidnapped into overseas prostitution rings, but in recent years, a new suspect arose: North Korea.<\/p>\n The five young women worked as social escorts at an unlicensed agency operating from a flat in Clemenceau Avenue.<\/p>\n 24-year-old Singaporean Diana Ng Kum Yim was the oldest of the agency\u2019s escorts<\/a>. Due to the stigma surrounding escort work, Ms Ng kept her job a secret from her parents.<\/p>\n Source: The Straits Times via NewspaperSG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Malaysian Margaret Ong was only 19 and had been in the business for four months.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Seetoh Tai Thim was the least experienced, having joined the agency just two weeks before the disappearance.<\/p>\n \n\t\t![\"missing](\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/social-escorts-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMissing social escorts all 24 or younger<\/h3>\n
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