Mum’s pain after bullies target her son


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SINGAPORE: A mother enrolled her son, who had minor social anxiety, in a neighbourhood secondary school in 2015, hoping he would learn to fit in.

Three years later, he “had to be withdrawn” from school as his condition had spiralled to post-traumatic stress disorder due to prolonged bullying in school.

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