(Dan Tri) – Li Shengwu, grandson of late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, said he left Singapore after listening to warnings from friends about the risk of being arrested by the authorities for statements insulting the court.
Li Shengwu (right) holds a portrait of his grandfather and stands next to Mr. Lee Hsien Yang at the funeral of late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in 2015. (Photo: Straitstimes)
“In Singapore, a person can be arrested and interrogated for a period of time without a lawyer.
Li did not reveal the identities of the friends who warned him, but according to Reuters, there is no independent evidence that Li is facing threats to his safety.
Meanwhile, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of Singapore, Ms. Chang Li Lin, said the information given by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s grandson about the possibility of being arrested or interrogated was `inaccurate`.
“This is a legal process that has existed up to now.
Previously, Li Shengwu, the nephew of current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, announced on Facebook on July 15 that the Singapore government is a government that `likes to litigate`, and that Singapore’s courts are places that are `prone to lawsuits`.
Ms. Chang Li Lin said the AGC had asked Li Shengwu to apologize for comments that were deemed insulting to the Singapore court.
Conflict in family
From left to right: Late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Mr. Lee Hsien Yang and Ms. Ly Vy Linh (Photo: Straitstimes)
Li Shengwu, currently a research scholar at Harvard University, said he has no intention of returning to Singapore because he has a happy life and a fulfilling job in the US.
Lee Hsien Yang, Li Shengwu’s father, and his two older siblings, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Mrs. Lee Wei Ling, are entangled in a scandal related to the fate of the house at 38 Oxley Road.
Mr. Lee Hsien Yang and Ms. Lee Wei Ling accused Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of abusing his power by violating the will of the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew – who expressed his desire to demolish the family’s house after his death.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s siblings believe that keeping the house alive will allow Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his immediate family to `inherit a tangible monument to Lee Kuan Yew’s power`, while at the same time
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