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Lee family feud

Lee family feud

The children of Singapore's late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew - current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, neurologist Lee Wei Ling and business leader Lee Hsien Yang - are publicly fighting over his estate. At the quarrel's heart is their childhood home, 38 Oxley Road - will it be demolished, as Lee Kuan Yew stated in his will, or will Singapore's government preserve it?

The front gate of 38 Oxley Road, the home of Singapore’s first prime minister the late Lee Kuan Yew. Photo: EPA

Singapore takes possession of Lee Kuan Yew’s 38 Oxley Road home for conservation

NHB will assess how the site can be developed even as Lee Hsien Yang says ‘no amount of sophistry’ can disguise his father’s demolition wish.

31 Jul 2026 - 5:52PM

Singapore to acquire Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road home for preservation

29 Jan 2026 - 12:21PM

Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road home officially declared Singapore ‘national monument’

12 Dec 2025 - 9:37PM

Singapore to preserve 38 Oxley Road for history, not as Lee Kuan Yew memorial

Speaking on the issue, Acting Minister David Neo refers to the preservation of India’s Gandhi Ashram due to its historical significance.

6 Nov 2025 - 3:59PM

A view of 38 Oxley Road, the residence of Singapore’s first prime minister the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, in Singapore. Photo: EPA

Singapore’s 38 Oxley Road: will move to gazette site end Lee family feud?

Lee Hsien Yang, the younger son of founding PM Lee Kuan Yew, in a Facebook statement accuses the government of disrespecting his father’s legacy.

4 Nov 2025 - 10:31AM

Lee Kuan Yew’s home ‘worthy of preservation’ as centre of Singapore independence

As it has ‘strong national significance’, 38 Oxley Road has merit to be a state monument, the advisory board says.

3 Nov 2025 - 2:45PM

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Singapore says Li Shengwu free to contest election, slams New York Times’ video

The grandson of Singapore’s founding PM Lee Kuan Yew appears in the video along with three others from Russia, Nicaragua and Hungary.

28 Jan 2025 - 12:03AM

Li Shengwu, the nephew of Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, appears in The New York Times’ “How Tyranny Begins” video. Photo: The New York Times/YouTube

Lee Hsien Loong to step down as PAP secretary general after 20 years at the helm

Tributes poured in on Saturday for Lee, after he handed over the prime minister position to his successor Lawrence Wong in May this year.

23 Nov 2024 - 9:22PM

Demolish or keep? Survey gauges Singaporeans’ views on 38 Oxley Road

The survey by Black Dot Research also shows most Singaporeans consider the saga over Lee Kuan Yew’s family home to be a private matter.

6 Nov 2024 - 4:32PM

Lee Hsien Yang claims Singapore ‘weaponised’ laws against critics

Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, claims his homeland became more repressive under his brother, Lee Hsien Loong.

31 Oct 2024 - 5:21PM

Lee Hsien Yang has been granted political asylum in the UK. Photo: AP

Amid 38 Oxley Road debate, a look at how Asia preserves former leaders’ homes

Homes including those of ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad have been transformed to commemorate their contributions over the years.

26 Oct 2024 - 11:54AM

A view of 38 Oxley Road, the residence of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. Photo: Reuters

Lee Hsien Yang creating ‘false’ urgency for Oxley Road demolition: Singapore

The estranged brother of former Singapore PM had urged PM Lawrence Wong to expedite action in fulfilling Lee Kuan Yew’s wish for the house to be demolished.

25 Oct 2024 - 9:46PM

Leaving Singapore: a look at Lee Hsien Yang and 6 others who chose asylum

Among the asylum seekers were blogger Amos Yee, the late former prosecutor Francis Seow and pro-Palestinian activist Ang Swee Chai.

25 Oct 2024 - 9:50AM

Singapore weighs preserving 38 Oxley Road despite Lee Hsien Yang’s application

NHB says allowing Lee Hsien Yang’s demolition bid now would rule out a ‘proper and full consideration’ of the options for the house.

24 Oct 2024 - 7:59PM

A view of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang says he is ‘political refugee’, has 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’.

22 Oct 2024 - 11:50PM

Lee Hsien Yang, younger brother of Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, leaves the supreme court in 2017. Photo: AFP

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang to apply to demolish Oxley Road home

Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling had accused older brother, then-PM Lee Hsien Loong, of attempting to keep home for political capital.

15 Oct 2024 - 11:18PM

Ex-PM Lee’s brother, wife ‘always free’ to return to Singapore: police

Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern left the city state in 2022 after skipping a scheduled police interview.

11 Oct 2024 - 2:47PM

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Singapore ex-PM Lee Hsien Loong attends wake of sister Lee Wei Ling

The move comes amid the resurfacing of the 38 Oxley Road family feud.

10 Oct 2024 - 10:16PM

Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching arrive at Singapore Casket at Lavender Street on Thursday, for the wake of his sister Lee Wei Ling. Photo: Jean Iau

Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 69

Brother and former PM Lee Hsien Loong posted a heartfelt message about his sister’s death, lamenting ‘shadow’ that had come between siblings.

9 Oct 2024 - 7:08PM

Singapore ministers slam Lee Hsien Yang’s ‘rich’ claim on father’s link to suit

Ministers Vivian Balakrishnan and K. Shanmugam took issue with Lee Hsien Yang’s Facebook post about their defamation suit against him.

1 Oct 2024 - 4:12PM

Lee Hsien Loong’s brother pays Singapore ministers US$500,000 for defamation

Lee Hsien Yang paid the money to Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in the wake of a High Court order.

30 Sep 2024 - 10:27AM

Lee Hsien Yang, younger brother of Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong, leaves court in 2017. Photo: AFP

The Loong goodbye: not the end of the political road for Singapore PM

Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.

15 May 2024 - 2:39PMvideocam

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will hand over the reins to his successor Lawrence Wong on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Singapore court orders PM’s estranged brother to pay damages to ministers

In a Facebook post, alleged that the Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan were given preferential treatment in renting colonial bungalows.

28 Nov 2023 - 6:00AM

Opinion | Singapore can pursue an AI solution to preserving Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy

An immersive exhibition pays tribute to Singapore’s first prime minister in celebration of the centenary of his birth. Inspired by his lifelong optimism about technology, the city state could draw on AI to resolve the issue of how to preserve the late leader’s residence.

16 Sep 2023 - 6:02AMvideocam

K. Shanmugam, Vivian Balakrishnan sue Lee Hsien Yang over Ridout allegations

K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over allegations about the Singapore ministers’ rental of two bungalows at Ridout Road.

3 Sep 2023 - 12:15PM

Lee Hsien Yang has been embroiled in a feud with his older brother, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, since 2017. Photo: AFP

Singapore ministers demand Lee Hsien Yang apologise for ‘defaming’ them

PM Lee’s brother, currently in self-exile overseas, had made comments on Facebook about a saga surrounding the rental of colonia-era bungalows by the ministers.

28 Jul 2023 - 10:37AM

Lee Hsien Yang has been embroiled in a public feud with his brother, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, since 2017. Photo: AFP

Singapore invokes fake news law against Lee Hsien Yang over Facebook post

Prime Minister Lee’s brother, Lee Hsien Yang, says trust in the ruling party ‘has been shattered’ over various political scandals involving PAP ministers in recent weeks.

25 Jul 2023 - 11:12PMvideocam

Singapore PM’s brother Lee Hsien Yang, wife ‘essentially absconded’: minister

Minister K Shanmugam says Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern ‘will have every right to provide explanations’ in perjury probe if they return to Singapore to be interviewed by police.

21 Mar 2023 - 8:06PM

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