Sunday,May 24 2009, 11:47:12 AM*~Wheres those robbers lol*~

The hunt for the Rotorua couple who fled the country with millions of dollars after being mistakenly given access to a $10million overdraft has spread to Hong Kong.

New Zealand police and Interpol believe the runaway millionaires are there, and are making inquiries with Hong Kong police, and officials in Beijing, to track down the couple and the missing cash.

Neither the bank nor police have confirmed the identities of the fugitives, but they are believed to be Rotorua BP service station owner Leo Gao and his Kiwi girlfriend, Kara Young, who have not been seen since the service station in Otonga, Rotorua, went into receivership on May 8.

The couple are reportedly travelling with Ms Young's seven-year-old daughter, Lena, and her sister, Aroha. A third person, Huan Di Zhang, a director of Heights Services, which owned the service station, is also missing.

Ms Young's mother, Blenheim hair salon owner Suzanne Hurring, who was interviewed by police yesterday, told 3News the escapade was completely out of character for her daughter. "She's beautiful and she's honest ... she's never pinched a thing in her life."

She said her daughter had phoned her once since flitting the country, "but I hung up on her because I knew what she had done".

She described her daughter's partner as "an OK guy" and hard-working. "But if you want to know, I'd really like to wring his blimmin' neck."

She hoped her daughter would come back soon. "I've got to keep my spirits up and get my girls home. Never mind Leo, he can stay there."

TVNZ broadcast footage of Mr Gao's white ute abandoned at Auckland International Airport.

Westpac confirmed yesterday that the couple had applied for a $100,000 overdraft but were wrongly given a $10m limit on May 5 as the result of a data entry error. The mistake was not picked up until late last week.

The account holder believed to be Mr Gao then tried to withdraw $6.7m from the account and move the money offshore. The bank has recovered $2.9m and has hired a private investigator as it tries to track down the rest.

Banking experts say recovering the money will depend on the co-operation of authorities in the country where it is found. It is illegal for the couple to keep it.

Neighbouring business owners said Mr Gao had been trying to sell the service station for almost a year. A house nearby, owned by Mr Gao and Mr Zhang, has been for sale since October.

Andrew Campbell, of financial workers' union Finsec, said it would be wrong to single out one employee for the mistake.

Manual checks were made at the end of every day to balance the "ups and downs", he said.

"What is unusual is the large amount involved and why it didn't get picked up."

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Thursday,May 21 2009, 08:01:25 AMMy kids cat snickers

My kids cat Snickers

This is our latest edition to our family and its a kitten name Snickers

Oh ok did you think it was more kids lol no just a kitten has arrived here ...

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