The Story

"Crazy Rich Asians meets War of the Windsors” - the Sunday Story

35 min • 19 juli 2025

The city-state of Singapore has been scandalised by a bitter row tearing apart its first family. The two sons of the country’s founder, Lee Kwan Yew, are fighting over the future of a small 19th-century bungalow - their childhood home. The is battle being fought in the law courts, debated in parliament and picked apart in the media - and one brother has fled to London seeking political asylum. With Singapore itself delicately balanced between the US and China, what happens next could affect us all.


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Guest: Josh Glancy

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Shabnam Grewal


Clips: @pmosingapore, channelnewsasia.com


Photo: Getty 

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