S'pore men want to bring back wives

S'pore men want to bring back wives

SINGAPORE: More Singaporean men are turning to their local MPs for help to bring their Indonesian wives and children to the city-state to stay permanently, the Sunday Times reported.

Three MPs told the newspaper they now receive an average of 20 such cases last year compared with two or three cases annually five years ago.

Most of the men, usually divorced, met their wives on the Indonesian island of Batam while on a weekend trip there.

"More often than not, most of these men want to settle down here now they've set up a family," said MP Ahmad Mohamed Magad. --AFP