A feud erupts between Singapore’s prime minister and his siblings

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[QUOTE]“WE FEEL big brother omnipresent. We fear the use of the organs of state against us,” declared Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang, two of the three children of Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s prime minister for 31 years, in a statement announcing Lee Hsien Yang’s intention to move away from the city-state. They say he is leaving because of a rift with their brother, Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s current prime minister, over their father’s will. They accuse their brother of misusing his position and harbouring political ambitions for his son; they say they “worry for Singapore” as a result. Lee Hsien Loong, in a brief statement released shortly after that of his siblings, denied the claims.
The dispute centres on the house in which Lee Kuan Yew lived from 1945 until his death in 2015. He wanted his daughter, Lee Wei Ling, who was living in it at the time of his death, to stay there for as long as she wished, and for it to be demolished thereafter, largely for fear that it would otherwise be made a monument to him. His two younger children allege that their brother, while publicly supporting his father’s wish, has in practice tried to frustrate it, in an effort “to milk Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy”. Lee Hsien Loong responds in his statement, “I will do my utmost to continue to do right by my parents. At the same time, I will continue serving Singaporeans honestly and to the best of my ability.”

Lee Wei Ling last year accused her brother of exploiting their father’s memory, but Lee Hsien Yang has never before publicly criticised his brother. A former head of SingTel, the state-controlled former telecoms monopoly that is the most valuable firm listed in Singapore, and the current chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, he is a pillar of the establishment. Singaporeans are agog at the unprecedented rebuke of the prime minister from such a senior figure.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21723457-former-home-their-father-lee-kuan-yew-centre-row-feud-erupts-between[/url]

Its like watching a movie the way this goes on back home.