A Chinese national woman had reportedly forced her boyfriend, a
local secondary three boy to marry her.
The woman is 26, holds a student pass and is in Singapore to
study, while the sec three boy comes from a comfortable background
and is an introvert.
The two were introduced to each other at a friend's birthday
party and had exchanged phone numbers. Because she sported youthful
looks and a babyface, the boy did not suspect that she was in fact
11 years older than him.
Soon after their first meeting, the woman courted the boy
aggressively with messages and online chats. The two soon
progressed to become a couple.
Three to four months later, the woman initiated sex with the
boy. After the two became intimate, she began to pressure him to
marry her.
The boy did not know what to do and in the end asked his parents
for help.
This case was cited by a counsellor as an example of another
tactic used by Chinese national women to snag Singaporean husbands.
Besides matchmaking and introductions through friends and
relatives, some Chinese national women use student passes to look
for husbands in Singapore.
These women, sometimes girls as young as 17, may get pregnant
with a Singaporean boyfriend and insist on marriage.
According to the counsellor, some of these women marry to
acquire Singaporean citizenship, then use it as a stepping board to
go to US or Australia.
- Lianhe Wanbao, 5 September 2011.
