SINGAPORE — Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has said he would consider contesting the upcoming presidential election, which is expected to be called by September 2023. A day after Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament on Thursday (March 2) that Mr Lee and his wife Lee Suet Fern are being investigated by...
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Mr Lee told Bloomberg over the phone: "There is a view that depending on who they float, if I were to run, they would be in serious trouble and could lose.While those who want to run for president in Singapore must not be from a political party, several past candidates have been former members of the ruling People's Action Party, or have received the backing of the establishment.
However, lawyers who spoke to The Straits Times said the finding by the disciplinary tribunal and Court of Three Judges that Mr Lee had lied under oath may affect his chances of candidacy. Other lawyers and law academics interviewed told The Straits Times that regardless of the outcome of the police investigations, the court findings are clear, and it would be hard for the Presidential Elections Committee to ignore what the court had said.
On Thursday, Teo, in replying to a parliamentary question, disclosed that the police had opened a probe into Mr Lee and his wife, following the finding that they had lied under oath during judicial proceedings that they were involved in.
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