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Lee Hsien Yang, Lee Suet Fern face police probe for lying under oath about Lee Kuan Yew’s will
Senior Political Correspondent
Updated 19 Mins Ago
SINGAPORE – The police have opened investigations into Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife Lee Suet Fern for potential offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament on Thursday.
The couple have left Singapore after refusing to go for a police interview which they had initially agreed to attend, Mr Teo said in a written reply.
The Court of Three Judges and a disciplinary tribunal had in 2020 found that the couple had lied under oath during disciplinary proceedings against Mrs Lee over her handling of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s last will.
Mrs Lee had been referred to a disciplinary tribunal by the Law Society over her role in the preparation and execution of the last will of the late Mr Lee, her father-in-law, who died on March 23, 2015, at the age of 91.
His last will differed from his sixth and penultimate will in significant ways, and did not contain some changes he had wanted and discussed with his lawyer Kwa Kim Li four days earlier.
Among the differences was a demolition clause – relating to the demolition of his 38 Oxley Road house after his death – which had not been in the sixth or penultimate will but was in the last.
This had sparked a complaint by the Attorney-General’s Chambers to the Law Society about possible professional misconduct on Mrs Lee’s part, and a disciplinary tribunal was convened to hear the case.
After finding her guilty of grossly improper professional conduct, the tribunal referred the case to the Court of Three Judges, the highest disciplinary body to deal with lawyers’ misconduct.
Mr Teo noted on Thursday that both the court and the tribunal had found that Mr Lee and Mrs Lee lied under oath.
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Besides finding that Mr Lee and Mrs Lee had lied under oath, the court and the tribunal had also found that the couple had misled the late Mr Lee in the context of the execution of his last will, added Mr Teo.
Given this, he said, the court and the tribunal had concluded that Mrs Lee was guilty of misconduct.
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Lee Hsien Yang, wife Lee Suet Fern under police investigation for lying in judicial proceedings about Lee Kuan Yew’s will
Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife Mrs Lee Suet Fern left Singapore and remain out of the country during the police’s investigations, says Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean.
Louisa Tang
02 Mar 2023 05:18PM (Updated: 02 Mar 2023 06:40PM)
SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife, lawyer Lee Suet Fern, are being investigated by the police for potential offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings over Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s will.
As part of the investigations, the police requested an interview with the couple, and they initially agreed to attend the interview, said Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean in a written parliamentary answer on Thursday (Mar 2).
But the couple later had a change of heart and refused to attend the interview, Mr Teo said.
The police have advised them to reconsider taking part in investigations, but they have since left Singapore and remain out of the country.
“The police have also informed them that the necessary steps would be taken to complete the investigations in their absence,” the Senior Minister said, adding that the couple’s refusal to attend the interview was disappointing.
CNA has asked the police for an update on the current state of the investigations.
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