SINGAPORE - Dr Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, has died at the age of 69, four years after she was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative brain disease. Her death was disclosed by her younger brother Lee Hsien Yang, who said in a Facebook post at 5.50am on Oct 9 that she died at home.

The younger brother of Dr Lee Wei Ling said he will not be returning to Singapore for her wake and funeral. Instead, Mr Lee Hsien Yang said he is organising her funeral remotely as per the wishes of Dr Lee,

Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, died on Wednesday, her brother announced. She was 69. In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Ling,

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sent his condolences to the Lee family, and described Dr Lee, who died aged 69, as "unswerving in her focus on patient welfare and medical ethics".

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SINGAPORE - Dr Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, has died aged 69, four years after being diagnosed with a rare, degenerative brain disorder. Her death was disclosed by her younger brother Lee Hsien Yang in a Facebook post at 5.

Dr Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 69. Wei Ling is also the younger sister of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

(Bloomberg) — Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, has died at the age of 69. Lee died at home on 9 Oct, according to a Facebook post by her brother Lee Hsien Yang. She is also the sister of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

REUTERS/David Loh/File photo SINGAPORE -The estranged sister of Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong died on Wednesday at 69, after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy in 2020.