The Po­lice Ser­vice yes­ter­day re­leased a pho­to­graph of kid­napped Chi­nese restau­rant own­er Xue Hua Shan ap­peal­ing to the pub­lic for as­sis­tance in find­ing her. A re­lease from the Po­lice Ser­vice said any­one with in­for­ma­tion can call 555, 800-TIPS or con­tact the near­est po­lice sta­tion. In­ves­ti­gat­ing of­fi­cers, up to late yes­ter­day, were con­tin­u­ing their search for the miss­ing woman. Of­fi­cers of the An­ti-Kid­nap­ping Squad said they searched sev­er­al parts of Trinidad in an at­tempt to find Shan. They al­so are at­tempt­ing to make con­tact with Shan's moth­er who lives in Chi­na. Her rel­a­tives told po­lice the woman's moth­er re­ceived a text mes­sage last week Wednes­day say­ing her daugh­ter had been re­leased. The mes­sage, po­lice said, was sent in a Chi­nese di­alect to Shan's moth­er. Po­lice said Shan's friend from Chi­na al­so was ques­tioned by of­fi­cers of the An­ti-Kid­nap­ping Squad. He has since re­turned to Chi­na.

The law­men searched Cara­po, St He­le­na, Pi­ar­co, Mau­si­ca and the com­pound of a Chi­nese restau­rant.

Po­lice said there had been no oth­er calls or texts from her cap­tors de­mand­ing the mon­ey or more cash.

A text mes­sage was sent to fam­i­ly mem­bers who owned a shop at Broad­way, Port-of-Spain, af­ter she was ab­duct­ed. A $4 mil­lion ran­som de­mand was made for her safe re­lease. Shan, 31, was re­port­ed ab­duct­ed out­side her Sev­enth Street, Barataria, home on April 14. She is the own­er of Hap­py Gar­dens Restau­rant, St He­le­na Main Road. Own­er of the Eller­slie Plaza's Chi­na Palace Restau­rant, An­tho­ny Chin, was a sus­pect in Shan's kid­nap­ping, po­lice said. Chin , 61, of Hills­bor­ough, Mar­aval, was killed out­side his restau­rant on April 24.