38 Oxley Road: A timeline of events

WHAT REPONDED TO THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT? &nbsp,

Following Mr. Lee Hsien Loong’s ministerial statement in parliament on July 3, 2017, the story garnered attention in some of the biggest newspapers in the world.

He pleaded with all Members of Parliament to “examine the problems extensively and vigorously question me and my Cabinet acquaintances,” and that a thorough examination of the matter would help to dispel any doubts and foster greater confidence in the nation’s organizations and system of government.

A governmental council at 38 Oxley Road was set up to discuss the house’s future. It was presided over by senior minister Teo Chee Hean and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Lawrence Wong, the next secretary for tradition, community, and youth, and lawmaker K. Shanmugam. The latter is then prime minister.

In April 2018, the commission released a final report on the matter, with three proposals: Retaining the property in total, retaining only the traditional cellar dining room, or allowing it to become demolished.

Mr. Teo once said,” We rely, especially, on the objective data presented to us and on the crucial concrete steps Mr. Lee Kuan Yew himself took to implement his wishes in his life to achieve our views,” &nbsp,

” This included the demolition section in Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s last can, his letter to Cabinet dated Dec 27, 2011, as well as the renovation/redevelopment strategies for 38 Oxley Road, which he submitted to the URA in March 2012, and obtained authorization for”.

The report did not offer any recommendations, only stating that there was no need to “make a decision on the house” at the time because Dr. Lee was also residing there.

The commission said the different options in the document are intended to assist a future government in making an informed and logical choice when the need arises.

WHAT May DISPUTES HAVE TO DO WITH THE PUBLISH? &nbsp,

In his will’s last will, Lee Kuan Yew stated that he wanted the home to be destroyed in 2013. If that were not probable, the property may be closed to everyone except relatives and descendants.

Mr. Lee Hsien Loong noted in his ministerial speech from 2017 that the destruction section had been removed from the fifth and sixth versions of the will and had only been reinserted in the sixth and final can. &nbsp,

The first six desires were prepared by Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s attorney, Madam Kwa Kim Li, between August 2011 and November 2012.

She was never involved in the preparation of the sixth and last will, which was signed on December 17, 2013, and was signed by his wife, Mrs. Lee Suet Fern, an attorney, along with Mr. Lee Hsien Yang.

Mrs. Lee Suet Fern’s management of her father-in-law’s previous does was afterwards found guilty of grossly improper professional conduct in 2020. &nbsp,

A administrative judge and the Court of Three Judges, the highest administrative body for lawyers ‘ misconduct, determined that Mr. Lee Hsien Yang and Mrs. Lee Suet Fern had misled him during the course of his last will and that they had lied under oath throughout the trials.

After deciding not to enter a scheduled authorities discussion related to the issue, Mr. Lee Hsien Yang and Mrs. Lee Suet Fern decided to leave Singapore in 2022. Mr. Lee Hsien Yang stated on Instagram earlier in October that he would not travel to Singapore to attend his sister’s funeral and wake. &nbsp,

Additionally, Mdm Kwa was ordered to pay S$ 13,000 in fines for misconduct in relation to the late Mr. Lee’s trusts in 2023. &nbsp,

She had to give S$ 5, 000 for failing to “scrupulously guard” the later Mr Lee’s security while handling his will, and S$ 8, 000 for misleading Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Dr Lee in an email response to their questions.

This occurred after Mr. Lee Hsien Yang and Dr. Lee filed four complaints against Mdm Kwa, two of which were later sent to a disciplinary court as executors of their family’s property. &nbsp,

The second claimed that Mdm Kwa violated the law by sending emails containing files of conversations with Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to all three of the kids, despite the fact that Mr. Lee Hsien Loong was not the estate’s administrator. The following alleged that in her letters, she had given the heirs false and misleading data. &nbsp,