Piang's story begins at the 12-minute 26-second mark:
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The boy became the responsibility of Piang's sister.
A Singaporean filmmaker, Lynn Lee, wrote about her experience going to Myanmar to meet the deceased woman's family and to tell their story, which was featured by
Al Jazeera.
Post about Piang results in outpouring of help
In the Facebook post on Feb. 25, Lee recounted the trip to the impoverished region of Dimpi in Chin State, Myanmar, where "there wasn't enough food or running water" and many of the villagers "seemed to have a cough", just to locate Piang's family.
Lee highlighted the circumstances at home that pushed Piang to take up the offer to come to Singapore to work on short notice and without any experience outside her village.