We’re bride brokers, not human traffickers
by Crystal Chan
ONCE, Vietnamese girls lined up in their village to meet groups of Singaporean bride hunters, led there by matchmakers.
The women were dressed to charm. The men would gaze at them, occasionally exchanging notes with each other.
Now, the men go just one at a time, discreetly, and there is no parade.
Said Mr Loi Eng Tuang, owner of Ideal Marriage Centre: “I take a client to see only the girl he is interested in, picked from the photos we show him in Singapore.
“If you have a village full of girls waiting for your clients, you’d invite attention and thus, trouble.”
However, in Singapore, groups of Vietnamese girls can still be seen sitting in these matchmaking agency offices.
The trouble for the matchmakers is that what they do might be deemed human trafficking.
Is parading women for suitors matchmaking or exploitation of the poor?
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