An unknown person checked in online four days ago for a flight to Singapore booked under the name of missing Singaporean medical student Mr Kouk Leong Jin, 28.
Mr Kouk is a fourth-year medical student at the Duke-NUS Graduate School who has been missing since last Tuesday night. He was on a trip to Athens, Greece, to attend a medical conference.
A report in The New Paper also said that someone had spotted a man resembling Mr Kouk on Monday night (Oct 3) in the capital.
A female passer-by told police she saw the man on a street in central Athens, then saw a missing person poster with Mr Kouk's photo. No details were given about what the man was doing.
Police said the man matched Mr Kouk's description but could not say for sure if it was him.
Thai Airways electronic records show that an e-ticket was issued on Oct 1, the day Mr Kouk was scheduled to leave Athens for a transit flight to Singapore from Bangkok, a spokesman for the airline told the Straits Times (ST).
However, the ticket remained unused at the Athens International Airport. No one has tried to re-book the flights either, the spokesman said.
The airline's system did not reveal when or where the online check-in was done.
According to ST, the Greek police are attempting to identify the person through the Internet Protocol (IP) address used. A unique IP address is assigned to each and every device connected to the Internet, and can be used to identify the IP address owner and location.
Mr Kouk had landed in Athens on Sept 26. On Sept 27, at about 10.40pm, he called his friend, Mr Neo Ghim Hoe, 28, but Mr Neo missed the call.
The following morning, Mr Neo tried to call Mr Kuok back, but did not get through. Family and friends have been unable to contact Mr Kouk ever since.
Mr Costas Yannopoulos, president of The Smile of the Child, told ST that police investigations have yielded some results but did not want to elaborate further other than that they believe that Mr Kouk is alive.
Smile of the Child is an organisation that helps find missing children and is participating in the search for Mr Kouk.
Lianhe Wanbao reported that the authorities in Athens have received at least three calls that say Mr Kuok was spotted at his hotel and on the streets of Athens.
However, out of the five Greek hostels and ferry terminals Mr Kouk's friends have contacted, two ferry terminals have said they have no record of Mr Kouk in their systems, a Shin Min Daily report said.
Lianhe Wanbao also reported on Tuesday night that a mysterious girl from Turkey named Fey Mar left a comment on Facebook page "Missing Singaporean in Athens, Greece - Kouk Leong Jin" saying that Mr Kuok's disappearance is "something funny and misunderstood" and that he will appear soon.
The woman mysteriously disappeared from Facebook nine hours later.
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