Elderly woman couldn’t take over late son’s HDB flat due to his sham marriage
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The woman had to go to the High Court to declare her late son’s sham marriage void so that she could take over his flat.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
SINGAPORE – A 74-year-old woman could not deal with her late son’s HDB flat for seven years – all because he had entered into a fake marriage with a Vietnamese woman, who vanished soon after.