<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have begun searching bushland near Newcastle in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span> yesterday afternoon for a woman who has been missing for three weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meilee Chen, 68, was last seen in Birmingham Gardens on Thursday, April 24, 2025.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police and family hold concerns for Meilee's welfare as she lives with medical conditions that require medication.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/fears-australian-man-fighting-in-ukraine/1a92af15-27db-4452-b5b2-a87886f8df68" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Family hold out hope for Australian labourer feared dead in Ukraine</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meilee is described as being of Asian appearance, about 150cm tall, of a thin build, with black hair.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is known to frequent the Martins Creek and Birmingham Gardens areas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday afternoon, along with a new appeal for public assistance, police began a search of bushland near Birmingham Gardens, to try to find her. </span><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/meilee-chen-search-for-missing-woman-bushland-birmingham-gardens-newcastle-hunter-valley-nsw/2f10eee9-48d8-42f0-91c2-32db2c8bc4f4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Photos of confirmed sightings of Chen at the Martins Creek and Warabrook railway stations on April 15 have also been released.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>