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Singapore 's affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder.
Lee Hsien Yang , who fled to Britain to seek asylum from what he describes as a campaign of persecution to silence him.
Lee cited tightening of laws on security and rights of assembly and a sharp increase in asylum-seekers from the city-state over the past decade under the rule of his estranged brother.
Singapore government says Lee has turned a “personal vendetta into an international smear campaign against his father, his family and his country’s country.
The Singapore government says Lee is not a victim of persecution.
Lee says he intends to continue to “speak his mind” on Singaporean politics despite his concerns over further attempts to silence him.
Lee declined comment on whether he saw a role for himself as an opposition leader.
Singapore carried out the highest number of executions for drug-related offenses last year .
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