Soon after his sister’s death, the estranged brother of former Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has appealed to Singaporeans via social media to “honour” his late father’s wishes to demolish their family home.
Close to midnight on Wednesday, Lee Hsien Yang posted on his Facebook page that he was conveying a message from his late sibling: “My father’s, Lee Kuan Yew, and my mother’s, Kwa Geok Choo, unwavering and deeply felt wish was for their house at 38 Oxley Road, Singapore 238629 to be demolished upon the last parent’s death.”
Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of Singapore’s first prime minister, died at home at the age of 69, four years after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare and degenerative brain disease.
She and Lee Hsien Yang, 67, had been estranged from their eldest sibling, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, over what to do with their family home, where she lived, following their father’s death.
The younger Lee brother on Wednesday night wrote: “Lee Kuan Yew had directed each of his three children to ensure that their parents’ wish for demolition be fulfilled. He had also appealed directly to the people of Singapore.
“Please honour my father by honouring his wish for his home to be demolished.”