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'We really didn't know': Man who lived in S'pore forest always assured his family in Batam he was fine
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Mr Oh Go Seng, whose wife and daughter live in Batam, Indonesia, had been sleeping in a makeshift tent and growing vegetables in the Sungei Tengah forested area for more than 30 years. PHOTOS: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS, OH SENG LI
SINGAPORE - The wife and daughter of Mr Oh Go Seng were in shock and tears when they found out from Batam media reports that the elderly man had been living in a forest in Singapore.
Mr Oh's daughter, Seng Li, said she and her 50-year-old mother, Madam Tacih, "really didn't know about this" until they read about it a few weeks ago.
