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Man’s will barred widow from his assets as their marriage was a sham
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In his will, the elderly man stated that he did not wish to give his three-room HDB flat and other personal properties to his wife.
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SINGAPORE - A Singaporean was so adamant in not giving anything to his wife that he wrote in his will that none of his assets would go to her as their two-year marriage was a sham.
The unusual case came about because he claimed he had married the Chinese national out of sympathy so she could stay in Singapore as a “study mama” to care for her school-going daughter.
