Singapore PM denies sister’s ‘dynasty’ claim
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SINGAPOREAN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday denied abusing his power and attempting to establish a dynasty as a family feud went public after the first anniversary of the death of his father Lee Kuan Yew.
Reacting to attacks from his younger sister Lee Wei Ling, the prime minister said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply saddened” by the claims and called them “completely untrue.”
On March 23, Singapore marked the first anniversary of the death of Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s first prime minister. He ruled from 1959 to 1990.
His death at age 91 sparked a massive outpouring of grief among Singaporeans, many of whom credit him with turning Singapore from a poor former British colony into one of the world’s wealthiest and most stable societies.
Over 100 different activities were held to mark the first anniversary last month.
But the prime minister’s sister Lee Wei Ling, a physician who serves as senior adviser to the National Neuroscience Institute, went public on Facebook with her criticism of the commemorations — which she suggested may be part of dynasty-building — after a column she submitted to the country’s leading daily The Straits Times was rejected for publication.
She yesterday made public an e-mail exchange with a Straits Times editor in which she accused her brother of having “no qualms abusing his power” in order to stage a commemoration just a year after their father’s death.
Lee Wei Ling said this was part of efforts by “the power that be” to “establish a dynasty” and vowed that she would not allow her father’s name to be “sullied.” In an earlier Facebook post she said that Lee Kuan Yew “would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death.”
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