Singapore home at heart of Lee family feud named a national monument


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The Singapore government intends to acquire the bungalow at 38 Oxley Road and undertake a detailed study to consider the next steps, including turning it into a heritage park. Photo: Straits Times/Asian News Network

Singapore's government on Friday gazetted as a national monument the former home of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, a site long at the centre of a bitter family dispute among his children.

The action marks a pivotal moment in the saga that has gripped the city-state since Lee's death in 2015, when his children publicly clashed over whether the bungalow at 38 Oxley Road should be preserved or torn down.

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