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Lee family feud

Lee family feud
The children of Singapore's late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew - current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, neurologist Lee Wei Ling and business leader Lee Hsien Yang - are publicly fighting over his estate. At the quarrel's heart is their childhood home, 38 Oxley Road - will it be demolished, as Lee Kuan Yew stated in his will, or will Singapore's government preserve it?
Residents walking past the house of Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew on 38 Oxley Road in Singapore. Photo: AFP
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Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road home officially declared Singapore ‘national monument’

The designation marks a turning point, potentially ending years of family dispute and opening the door to heritage preservation in Singapore.

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Singapore to preserve 38 Oxley Road for history, not as Lee Kuan Yew memorial

Singapore

Singapore’s 38 Oxley Road: will move to gazette site end Lee family feud?

Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew’s home ‘worthy of preservation’ as centre of Singapore independence

As it has ‘strong national significance’, 38 Oxley Road has merit to be a state monument, the advisory board says.

The 38 Oxley Road house was the residence of Singapore’s first prime minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew. Photo: EPA
Singapore

Singapore says Li Shengwu free to contest election, slams New York Times’ video

The grandson of Singapore’s founding PM Lee Kuan Yew appears in the video along with three others from Russia, Nicaragua and Hungary.

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Singapore

Lee Hsien Loong to step down as PAP secretary general after 20 years at the helm

Tributes poured in on Saturday for Lee, after he handed over the prime minister position to his successor Lawrence Wong in May this year.

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Demolish or keep? Survey gauges Singaporeans’ views on 38 Oxley Road

The survey by Black Dot Research also shows most Singaporeans consider the saga over Lee Kuan Yew’s family home to be a private matter.

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A view of 38 Oxley Road, the residence of Singapore’s first Prime Minister the late Lee Kuan Yew. Photo: EPA
Singapore

Lee Hsien Yang claims Singapore ‘weaponised’ laws against critics

Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, claims his homeland became more repressive under his brother, Lee Hsien Loong.

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Singapore

Amid 38 Oxley Road debate, a look at how Asia preserves former leaders’ homes

Homes including those of ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad have been transformed to commemorate their contributions over the years.

Singapore

Lee Hsien Yang creating ‘false’ urgency for Oxley Road demolition: Singapore

The estranged brother of former Singapore PM had urged PM Lawrence Wong to expedite action in fulfilling Lee Kuan Yew’s wish for the house to be demolished.

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People walk past Lee Kuan Yew’s house at 38 Oxley Road in Singapore. Photo: AFP
Singapore

Leaving Singapore: a look at Lee Hsien Yang and 6 others who chose asylum

Among the asylum seekers were blogger Amos Yee, the late former prosecutor Francis Seow and pro-Palestinian activist Ang Swee Chai.

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Lee Hsien Yang, younger brother of then Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, leaving the supreme court in Singapore in 2017. Photo: AFP
Singapore

Singapore weighs preserving 38 Oxley Road despite Lee Hsien Yang’s application

NHB says allowing Lee Hsien Yang’s demolition bid now would rule out a ‘proper and full consideration’ of the options for the house.

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Singapore

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang says he is ‘political refugee’, has UK asylum status

The brother of former Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong says the UK has assessed he faces ‘a well-founded risk of persecution’.

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Singapore

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang to apply to demolish Oxley Road home

Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling had accused older brother, then-PM Lee Hsien Loong, of attempting to keep home for political capital.

Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore. Photo: EPA
Singapore

Ex-PM Lee’s brother, wife ‘always free’ to return to Singapore: police

Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern left the city state in 2022 after skipping a scheduled police interview.

Lee Hsien Yang. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore ex-PM Lee Hsien Loong attends wake of sister Lee Wei Ling

The move comes amid the resurfacing of the 38 Oxley Road family feud.

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Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 69

Brother and former PM Lee Hsien Loong posted a heartfelt message about his sister’s death, lamenting ‘shadow’ that had come between siblings.

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Singapore ministers slam Lee Hsien Yang’s ‘rich’ claim on father’s link to suit

Ministers Vivian Balakrishnan and K. Shanmugam took issue with Lee Hsien Yang’s Facebook post about their defamation suit against him.

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Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (left) and Law Minister K. Shanmugam are seen in this composite picture. Photo: dpa, SCMP
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Lee Hsien Loong’s brother pays Singapore ministers US$500,000 for defamation

Lee Hsien Yang paid the money to Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in the wake of a High Court order.

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Singapore

The Loong goodbye: not the end of the political road for Singapore PM

Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.

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Singapore court orders PM’s estranged brother to pay damages to ministers

In a Facebook post, alleged that the Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan were given preferential treatment in renting colonial bungalows.

Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was ordered to pay damages to two ministers over a defamatory Facebook post. Photo: AFP
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Opinion | Singapore can pursue an AI solution to preserving Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy

An immersive exhibition pays tribute to Singapore’s first prime minister in celebration of the centenary of his birth. Inspired by his lifelong optimism about technology, the city state could draw on AI to resolve the issue of how to preserve the late leader’s residence.

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After stepping down as prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew answered the question of whether Singapore would survive him during a speech to the Singapore Press Club at Raffles Hotel on June 7, 1996. The “rainbow” speech, as it is known, now features in an immersive exhibition celebrating the 100th year of his birth. Photo: AFP
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K. Shanmugam, Vivian Balakrishnan sue Lee Hsien Yang over Ridout allegations

K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over allegations about the Singapore ministers’ rental of two bungalows at Ridout Road.

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Singapore ministers demand Lee Hsien Yang apologise for ‘defaming’ them

PM Lee’s brother, currently in self-exile overseas, had made comments on Facebook about a saga surrounding the rental of colonia-era bungalows by the ministers.

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Singapore invokes fake news law against Lee Hsien Yang over Facebook post

Prime Minister Lee’s brother, Lee Hsien Yang, says trust in the ruling party ‘has been shattered’ over various political scandals involving PAP ministers in recent weeks.

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Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in June 2020. Photo: AFP
Singapore

Singapore PM’s brother Lee Hsien Yang, wife ‘essentially absconded’: minister

Minister K Shanmugam says Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern ‘will have every right to provide explanations’ in perjury probe if they return to Singapore to be interviewed by police.

Lee Hsien Yang intends to remain in self-exile in an unnamed European country. Photo: Reuters
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‘Answer is no’: Singapore’s George Yeo again rules out presidential run

Former top diplomat has repeatedly denied he would contest the presidential election, which must be held no later than September 13.

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Singapore PM Lee’s estranged brother to remain self-exiled in Europe

Lee Hsien Yang had been considering running in the presidential election, but is close to giving up due to the latest wave of verbal attacks against him.

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