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Members of the public have raised concerns about an unemployed Vietnamese woman sleeping at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park for months and asking passers-by for money, prompting police to be called four times.A reader, Wang (surname transliterated), told Shin Min DailUnemployed Vietnamese woman stays at Bishan-AMK Park for months, asks public for money
Members of the public have raised concerns about an unemployed Vietnamese woman sleeping at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park for months and asking passers-by for money, prompting police to be called four times.A reader, Wang (surname transliterated), told Shin Min Daily News that she had been seeing the woman sleeping in a pavilion at the park since December 2025.«She would place a mattress on a stone bench and lie on it to sleep,» the 70-year-old said.Wang initially thought the woman was only staying there temporarily, but later noticed that she had begun asking members of the public for money.«She said she was from Vietnam and had no money for food, and asked if people could give her some money. She would ask for a few dollars each time. There are many elderly people in the park, and quite a few would feel sorry for her and give her a few dollars,» she added.Wang claimed that the woman had also asked her husband for money, even requesting to go out with him.«The park is for people to exercise and take walks. Now someone is always here asking people for money. It doesn't look good,» she said. Read more
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