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Singapore's affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder

Oct. 31, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Singapore has become much more repressive, and corruption in the Asian financial hub has worsened in the decade since the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, according to his youngest son who fled to Britain to seek asylum from what he described as a campaign of persecution...

Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore

Oct. 22, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday that he is now a “political refugee” after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home. The Lee brothers are the sons...

Southeast Asian leaders meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar war and disputed sea

Oct. 09, 2024 06:48 AM EDT

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders gathered Wednesday for an annual forum that will focus on the civil war in Myanmar and territorial tensions in the South China Sea, two key challenges that have tested the bloc's credibility. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

Former Singaporean minister pleads guilty to receiving illegal gifts

Sep. 24, 2024 04:24 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean cabinet minister pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts Tuesday, in the Asian financial hub's first ministerial criminal trial in nearly half a century. Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran pleaded guilty to one count...