A couple in Singapore found themselves on the receiving end of malicious rumours, purportedly just because the man worked late nights.

Neighbour spreading rumours

Chen, a 40-year-old resident staying at Block 373 Jurong East Street 32, told Shin Min Daily News that his neighbours, an elderly couple, have allegedly been spreading rumours that Chen's wife is a prostitute.

Chen told the paper that when he moved into the Jurong East flat two years ago, he was working as a taxi driver and often came home just before dawn. According to him, his neighbours complained that he made too much noise when entering his house.

Once, when Chen was leaving for work, his wife spotted a strange man loitering outside their door. After Chen was alerted to the fact, he doubled back and checked his house's closed-circuit television (CCTV) before rushing downstairs after the stranger.

Chen caught the man downstairs and said to Shin Min, "When I asked why he was behaving so suspiciously, he said that my neighbours told him my wife is a prostitute, so he came up to see."

Chen became worried for his wife and kids -- a three-year-old boy and a set of twins.

Constantly filming Chen and family

He said that since April this year, his neighbours started using their phones to film Chen and his family. He caught them on CCTV filming his wife breastfeeding his firstborn.

He told Shin Min:

"They sometimes loiter along my corridor for up to three hours. Sometimes, I wear shorts to dispose of my rubbish outside the house. They would film me from behind and tell the police that I walked naked outside the house."

Chen said that he once tried talking to the couple nicely, who agreed to reconcile, but not long after, they resumed their antics.

Chen and his family have made plans to move elsewhere. It takes time to find an appropriate place to move to, but Chen hopes that before he is able to move, his neighbours won't cause any more trouble for him.

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