"Their allegations are entirely baseless," Lee told a regularly scheduled session of parliament. The prime minister called for an open debate in parliament after the attacks on Facebook against him and his wife Ho Ching, who heads state investment fund Temasek Holdings. The Lees are the closest thing Singapore has to royalty, dominating the now wealthy island's politics for nearly six decades. The patriarch served as prime minister from 1959 to 1990, and the current leader has been in power since 2004. The city-state has had only one other prime minister, Goh Chok Tong.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 03, 2017 06:00 UTC