Lee Kuan Yew’s youngest son says he is now a political refugee, claims persecuted in Singapore

22 Oct 2024 • 1:46 PM MYT
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SINGAPORE, Oct 22 — Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the founder of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and estranged brother of former premier Lee Hsien Loong, said today he is now a political refugee from Singapore under the UN Refugee Convention.

He said in a Facebook post that Britain has determined that he faces “a well-founded risk of persecution and cannot safely return to Singapore”. — Reuters

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