In a surprise move hours after Lee’s death, Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean revoked a legal provision allowing public meetings and protests at Speakers’ Corner.
The National Parks Board, which manages the leafy square where Speakers’ Corner is located, said on its website that it is “one of the designated community centres for remembering the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew”.
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