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Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore
LONDON (AP) — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.
Lee Hsien Yang, youngest son of Singapore founder, claims asylum in the UK
Lee Hsien Yang and his sister, Lee Wei Ling, have accused their eldest brother of abusing his power to stop them from demolishing the family home according to the wishes of their father, who died in 2015 after leading Singapore for more than three decades.
‘I am a political refugee,’ Lee Hsien Yang says; reveals he sought asylum in 2022
He left Singapore on June 15, 2022, after police asked him and his wife to assist in investigations. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Lee Hsien Yang says he is a ‘political refugee from Singapore’, sought 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’.
Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore's founder says he is now political refugee in UK
Lee Hsien Yang and his sister Lee Wei Ling, who died earlier this month, have been at odds with their brother Lee Hsien Loong, who was prime minister from 2004 until May this year, over what to do with their father’s home after his death in 2015,
Lee Hsien Yang: I am a political refugee from Singapore under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention
"... the UK has determined that I face a well-founded risk of persecution and cannot safely return to Singapore," LHY explained
Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore's founding PM, plans to demolish Oxley Road home
The youngest child of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said on Tuesday he would apply to demolish the statesman's home in line with his wishes, following the death of Lee's daughter last week.
Son of Founder of Modern Singapore Says He Is Now a Political Refugee
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 on Tuesday he is now a political refugee from Singapore under the U.
Son of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew granted UK asylum
The son of the late Lee Kuan Yew, the modern-day founder of Singapore, has quietly been granted political asylum in Britain, in an implicit condemnation of the civil liberties offered by the city-state.
Son of Singapore's founder says he is now political refugee as family spat snowballs
Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the late founder of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, said on Tuesday he is now a political refugee, in the latest twist in a high-profile feud in the city-state's most famous family.
Singapore Ex-Leader’s Brother Gets Political Asylum in UK
The estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he has been given political asylum by the UK government on grounds of a “well-founded fear” of persecution.Most Read from
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SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Hsien Yang said on Tuesday (Oct 22) that he is now a political refugee in the United Kingdom after ...
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'Without basis': Singapore addresses allegations of criminal prosecution against Lee Hsien Yang amid UK asylum claims
The Singapore government has said that British media outlet The Guardian's proposition that Lee Hsien Yang and his family are ...
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Singapore says Lee Hsien Yang’s allegations of state persecution are baseless, in response to his being accorded asylum in the UK
SINGAPORE, Oct 22 — Singapore has responded to what it called allegations “without basis” of its alleged persecution of the ...
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‘I am a political refugee,’ says Lee Hsien Yang; reveals he sought asylum in 2022
LEE Hsien Yang, in a Facebook post on Oct 22, said that he has become a political refugee from Singapore under the 1951 UN ...