Singapore’s prime minister said he would not take legal action over claims by his siblings that he had abused his power in a dispute over their father’s legacy, in a departure for a governing elite that has routinely used the threat of libel action to stifle free speech.
Lee Hsien Loong on Monday said he would have sued under normal circumstances but feared that legal action in this case would “further besmirch my parents’ names”.
The prime minister, who described the siblings’ claims as “baseless” and added that they had damaged Singapore’s reputation, warned that no other critic would escape court.
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