News that matters: Lee Hsien Yang sparks fresh dispute on items taken for Lee Kuan Yew memorial exhibition

Also: 38 Oxley Road dispute: Special ministerial committees ensure national interest prevails, DPM Tharman says [] Email not displaying correctly? [View in your browser.]( 23 June 2017 [Singapore]( [Lee Hsien Yang sparks fresh dispute on items taken for Lee Kuan Yew memorial exhibition]( SINGAPORE: A dispute between the children of late founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew over his old home at Oxley Road has now widened to include items in his estate that were loaned to a memorial exhibition. On Thursday (Jun 22), the late Mr Lee's youngest son Lee Hsien Yang claimed in a Facebook post that his brother Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife Ho Ching had “helped herself to a number of Lee Kuan Yew’s papers” on Feb 6, 2015. This was while the elder Mr Lee lay “gravely ill” in the intensive care unit, after being admitted to hospital the day before, he alleged. [( [Singapore]( [38 Oxley Road dispute: Special ministerial committees ensure national interest prevails, DPM Tharman says]( SINGAPORE: The practice of setting up special ministerial committees, like the one set up to consider the future of the late Lee Kuan Yew's Oxley Road home, is how the Government ensures that important issues are given in-depth attention, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday (Jun 22). [( [Asia Pacific]( [North Korea carries out rocket engine test]( North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its programme to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official told Reuters on Thursday (Jun 22). [( [World]( [Trump admits he has no tapes of Comey meetings]( WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump admitted on Thursday (Jun 22) he did not have recordings of his private meetings with fired FBI director James Comey, after fueling speculation for weeks of secret Oval Office tapes. [( OTHER STORIES [Singapore]( [Bedok Reservoir double murder: Neighbours unaware elderly couple had maid, now missing]( [World]( [Safety fears for thousands of tower block residents after London inferno]( [Asia Pacific]( [Conflict in Thailand's deep south: Younger generation tries to make sense of the violence]( [Singapore]( [Michelin's Bib Gourmand goes to 38 Singapore eateries this year]( [Read more at channelnewsasia.com.]( Follow our news Experience news with our apps Add editor@newsletter.channelnewsasia.com to your address book to ensure that you receive our emails in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( © 2017 Channel NewsAsia. All rights reserved. Selling, re-distributing or reproducing the information on these pages without prior permission from Channel NewsAsia is strictly prohibited. Channel NewsAsia shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.