Speaking Her Truth: She looked after siblings after losing mum at age 13, fought court battle to stay in S’pore

Ms Vivienne Veasna Van juggled schoolwork, taking care of her sister and fighting a court battle with her father when she was a teenager. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE – Ms Vivienne Veasna Van was in Secondary 1 in 2006 when she received an urgent call, while in school, from her aunt.

“Her exact words to me were: ‘I think you’d better come to the hospital now, because we might be losing your mum’,” she says.

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