On The Ground
Filipino woman feared losing her child if she divorced her S'porean husband
Her plight is not uncommon among foreign women who marry locals, study finds
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Less than a year into her marriage, Filipino housewife Mary, 31, found out that her Singaporean husband, a trainer, was cheating on her.
When she confronted him, he demanded that she turn a blind eye to his affair. The man, in his 40s, later initiated a legal separation and took her to see his lawyer.
