Lee Hsien Yang, Hsien Loong’s brother, retired as a brigadier general and later CEO of Singtel, a leading Singaporean telecommunications carrier. The acrimonious, years-long feud escalated into a public rift in 2017, with the siblings accusing Hsien Loong of going against their father’s final wishes. Lee Hsien Yang, fearing arrest, fled to live in self-imposed exile abroad. Hsien Loong has said he would not sue his siblings for libel out of respect for their late parents. Lee Hsien Yang remains defiant, criticizing the state’s action, reiterating that it disregards his father’s explicit, long-held wish for the property’s demolition.