Singapore slams Li Shengwu over New York Times’ ‘How Tyranny Begins’ video


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 via SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

SINGAPORE (Agencies): A widely shared New York Times video on “tyranny” in four countries featuring the grandson of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has drawn the ire of the city state’s government, with its envoy to the US saying Li Shengwu is “masquerading as a persecuted dissident”.

The opinion video, titled How Tyranny Begins, was circulated on social media platforms and forums soon after its publication last Wednesday.

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