Ashes of late Cantopop icon Anita Mui missing for 3 months

The family of late Cantopop star Anita Mui has appealed for information after discovering almost three months ago that an urn containing her ashes had been taken from a Lantau monastery.

In a statement dated Saturday, the family said a fan who went to pay respects to Mui at Po Lin Monastery on July 18 found that a screw had been loosened at the late singer’s columbarium niche. The urn containing her ashes was not inside. But the police’s investigation has gone on for almost three months, and there has been no progress, despite the fact that the fan immediately notified Mui’s family, who quickly filed a police report.

The statement added that, coupled with the recent death of Mui’s mother, who passed away in August at the age of 102, the family was “enduring a double blow and [was] utterly heartbroken.” They appealed to anybody who was at Po Lin Monastery on or before July 18, who might have seen anybody suspicious or appearing to hold an urn, to reach out to the family. They also asked motorists who had driven near the monastery in July, particularly before July 18, to submit dashcam footage.