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Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the founder of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, says he is now a political refugee from Singapore under the UN Refugee Convention.

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00:00Lee Hsien-Yang, the youngest son of the founder of Modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, says he
00:06is now a political refugee from Singapore under the UN Refugee Convention.
00:11In a Facebook post, Lee said Britain has determined he faces a well-founded risk of persecution
00:15and cannot safely return to Singapore.
00:17Lee Hsien-Yang and his sister Lee Wei-Ling, who died on October 9, have been at odds with
00:21their brother over what to do with their father's home after his death in 2015.
00:25Their brother is Lee Hsien Loong, who was Premier from 2004 until May this year.
00:30Channel News Asia reports, Singapore's government said the persecution claim is baseless and
00:34unfounded.

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