'We fear the use of the organs of state against us'


Wei Ling (left) and Hsien Yang issued a six-page public statement saying they had lost confidence in their brother, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE: Two children of the late Lee Kuan Yew said they had lost confidence in their brother, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and fear the use of organs of the state against them.

In a six-page statement issued on Wednesday, Dr Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang alleged, among others, that since their father's death on March 23, 2015, there have been changes in Singapore that do not reflect what the late Lee stood for.

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