The son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the U.K.

The son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the U.K. toggle caption Wong Maye-E/AP LONDON — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday that he's now a "political refugee" after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home. They have been engaged in a public spat since 2017 over the late patriarch's family home, and Lee Hsien Yang has accused Singapore's government of persecuting him, his wife and his son. Sponsor Message Lee Hsien Yang and his sister, Lee Wei Ling, who died earlier this month, accuse their eldest brother of abusing his power to stop them from demolishing the family home according to the wishes of their father, who died in 2015 after leading Singapore with an iron grip for more than three decades. The family feud saw Lee Hsien Yang and his wife entangled in official investigations over allegations that the pair provided false evidence in judicial proceedings regarding Lee Kuan Yew's will.