‘Lee family bungalow to go’


Where it all began: A view of the residence on Oxley Road in this file photo from 2017. — Reuters

THE youngest child of the country’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said he would apply to demolish the statesman’s home in line with his wishes, following the death of Lee’s daughter last week.

Kuan Yew’s three children, one of whom is Singapore’s third Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, were split on what to do with their father’s home after his death in 2015, in a public spat that saw the siblings estranged.

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