Is anyone having issues withdrawing funds from HitBTC? I am not able to withdraw and not returning email.
Most likely this exchange is already gradually coming to a point where it would become scam.Lots of issues about stopping or holding withdrawals.
You can see a bunch of them similar on your case. Try to visit out their main thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=378827.0 and you
might read up some possible answers you do seek.
That is why you always have to double check where you put your money. So many exchanges but just a few of them are really trustworthy and run legitimate business. Although not all of them are scam, some got into financial troubles or have problems because of multiple owners and similar.