SINGAPORE - Manhunt Singapore 2021 winner Hong Yu Chao has had to struggle with heart issues throughout his life, but he says friends joke that his "broken heart" is also what gave him strength.
Mr Hong, 24, was born with a condition called atrial septal defect - a birth defect in which there is a hole in the wall that divides the upper chambers of the heart.
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