Woman found in China

A woman who was reported missing in the Dandenong Ranges has been found – in China.
Now a student faces having to pay for a two-day police search after falsly reporting that her mother had gone missing.
Earlier this month police began a search for two missing people, one believed to have travelled to Australia from China.
Police have since located the woman in China.
Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said it was the missing persons daughter, currently studying in Australia, who falsely reported her mother as missing as part of domestic situation in China over a company settlement.
Det Sgt Smithwick said the basis of the report was that the missing person had been picked up by a friend at the airport and that those two people had gone missing.
“So we made inquiries with immigration and the airlines and established that the missing person didn’t, in fact, come to the country.
“As a result of that, when we went and reinterviewed the daughter, we found a lot of what she was telling us was incorrect and she admitted to us to making a false report.”
She also told police that the second missing person did not exist.
Det Sgt Smithwick said the daughter has been interviewed in regards to making a false report and forgery and will have to pay for the misused police time and resources.