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Who said what Numerous allegations have been made in the ongoing feud between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings, from misuse of power to a conict Against Lee Hsien Loong of interest in preparing the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s last will. Insight charts the Against Teo Chee Hean • Allegation: PM Lee misused his claims and accusations in the dispute over the fate of 38, Oxley Road. • Allegation: Committee focused power to prevent the house from solely on challenging validity of being demolished demolition clause in Mr Lee’s will PM’s response: Denied the DPM Teo’s response: Not true that “baseless” allegations, will refute committee bent on preventing them in a ministerial statement in demolition of the house Parliament tomorrow • Allegation: Committee did not • Allegation: PM Lee made disclose options in prior exchanges, contradictory statements about only identied members and its their father’s wishes and the house terms of reference when “forced in public and private into the daylight” Ms Indranee Rajah’s DPM Teo’s response: Nothing response: Notes that secret about committee; it is like Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s numerous other committees last will specically Cabinet sets up to consider specic accepts and Against Ho Ching Against K. Shanmugam issues acknowledges that DPM Tharman Allegation: Has a pervasive Allegation: Conict of interest demolition may not take place. • • Shanmugaratnam’s inuence on government, well being on ministerial committee, response: Cabinet has beyond her job scope having advised the late Mr Lee and • Allegation: Did not challenge the numerous committees family about the house last will in court when probate was on whole range of granted • Allegation: Removed the late Mr Mr Shanmugam’s response: issues, to help think Lee’s items from house without PM’s response: Wanted to avoid a Calls the claim ridiculous; says through difcult choices approval; represented the Prime public ght that would tarnish the nothing he said precluded him from Minister’s Ofce despite not family name serving in committee. He was also a Allegation: Suggested to DPM holding ofcial position • minister when consulted by the Teo that the house be demolished family, so no basis to say he can’t Allegation: Used position as PM Ms Ho Ching’s response: after Dr Lee’s departure, and a • be on committee to obtain deed of gift on Mr Lee’s Kept Lee family informed when she memorial garden be built in its items tidied up the house and found place, but DPM Teo was reluctant items with heritage value that she DPM Teo’s response: Mr Lee Hsien Mr Lawrence Wong’s response: passed to National Heritage Board Yang mistaken that he expressed PM obtained deed in ofcial (NHB) capacity, but would also have been reluctance about a memorial park. entitled to it in private capacity Since he seems supportive of intermediate options for the house, • Allegation: Used position to no need to disagree on studying inuence “secret” ministerial options for house committee considering options for the house What Lee Hsien Yang DPM Teo Chee Hean’s response: and Lee Wei Ling say Set up and chairs the ministerial committee; says PM Lee has recused himself from all decisions about the house Against Lawrence Wong • Allegation: Changed his mind about proceeding with a component of the exhibition, despite NHB having signed deed of gift Against Li Hongyi Mr Wong’s response: Says deed of gift came with unusual conditions, • Allegation: His parents harbour like only displaying the rst half of political ambitions for him the demolition clause, and that the Mr Li’s response: Says he really executors could buy back all the has no interest in politics; PM Lee items for $1, so long as the house and his wife Ho Ching also deny the was not demolished “absurd claim” Against Kwa Kim Li Against Lucien Wong • Allegation: Mr Lee’s last will was • Allegation: PM Lee’s personal drafted by Kwa Kim Li of Lee & Lee. lawyer made Attorney-General in Ms Kwa’s response: 2017 Denies preparing the last will What Lee Against Lee Wei Ling Hsien Loong • Allegation: Harboured grave says suspicions about her share of Against Lee Hsien Yang estate being reduced from sixth will to last will, that Mr Lee Hsien • Allegation: PM Lee highlights Yang and his wife had a hand in deeply troubling circumstances doing so. Later claimed she no surrounding preparation of nal will, longer held this suspicion without raises serious doubts about whether explaining why the late Mr Lee was properly and independently advised on its Dr Lee’s response: Said PM Lee contents, including the reinsertion of and his wife were mischievous and the demolition clause that was dishonest to use select quotes to removed in the fth and sixth wills suggest Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife were trying to cheat her in the Mr Lee Hsien Yang’s response: Final last will will not drafted by Stamford Law Corporation. It was engrossed on his father’s express instructions to revert Against Lee Suet Fern to rst will, and his father read nal will carefully and initialled every page • Allegation: As wife of beneciary Lee Hsien Yang, an interested party • Allegation: Mr Lee Hsien Yang and who, through her law rm, helped Dr Lee threatened to escalate prepare the last will in great haste attacks, coinciding with GE2015 • Allegation: Said she did not want • Allegation: Unclear what to be involved in preparing last will, knowledge Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his but was intimately involved wife had of the rst to sixth wills • So far she has not spoken in • Allegation: Mr Lee Hsien Yang response to the allegations insisted on immediate demolition of house during reading of last will Photos: JAMIE KOH, DESMOND WEE, SEAH KWANG PENG, MATHIAS HO, LIM YAOHUI, MCI, ALLEN & GLEDHILL, LIANHE ZAOBAO SUNDAY TIMES GRAPHICS.

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