Son of Singapore's founder says he is now political refugee as family spat snowballs
Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the founder of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, said on Tuesday he is now a political refugee from Singapore under the U.N. Refugee Convention.
Son of Singapore’s founder says he has been granted political asylum in the UK
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.
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.
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
Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son becomes UK political refugee
The brother of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook posting on Tuesday that he remains a Singaporean citizen and hopes that one day it will be safe for him to return home.
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’.
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