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Former commando creates miniatures so beautiful that people cry

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Former commando, Wilfred Cheah, uses recycled material to recreate detailed miniatures of uniquely Singaporean objects and places.
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SINGAPORE - In the comments section of a recent Facebook post, one of Mr Wilfred Cheah's friends writes: "You going to make someone cry when they see this."

The miniature artist's rejoinder is a gleeful "Ya, I like to see ppl cry" and several emojis, including "loudly crying face" and "smiling face with heart eyes".

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