SINGAPORE - It is news that will make even an "Ah Beng" cry.
Business development manager David Cher, who sees himself as a "tough guy", made no bones that he was crushed - and cried - when his Chinese national wife was not allowed to leave with him last month on Singapore's evacuation flight out of Wuhan, which has been locked down because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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