A scion of the family that has ruled Singapore and transformed it into a story of prosperity in Southeast Asia, has left for good. Lee Hsien Yang has gone to the UK to seek asylum. As Singaporean political blogger Roy Ngerng tells Marco Werman, Lee Hsien Yang’s departure — and his reasons behind it — hint at the shrinking bounds of freedom of expression in Singapore.
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