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.
Lee Hsien Yang, together with his wife, Lee Suet Fern, a lawyer, have overcome objections from the UK’s Home Office to win refugee status in Britain, having successfully argued that they would face persecution if they were to return to Singapore.
The couple have been in self-imposed exile in London since 2022 following a criminal investigation by the Singaporean authorities and an accompanying threat of being charged with perjury.
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