Cautious Singapore Court Threads Needle in Lee Family Spat

Three-member panel discipline’s Hsien Yang’s wife, but not too much

The 15-month suspension from practicing law of the late Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter-in-law late last week over the disposal of the late premier’s black-and-white colonial home is a distressing example of the family’s use of the legal system to settle scores in what ought to have been a private matter, critics say, and is deeply embarrassing for Singapore’s …