Son of Modern Singapore Founder Yang has been granted asylum in the UK, following persecution linked to a longstanding family conflict.

Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.

Lee Hsien Yang accused his brother, a former prime minister, of persecuting him politically, inflaming the feud in Singapore’s first family.

Lee Hsien Yang said on Tuesday that the UK government granted him asylum from what he described as “persecution” at home. Lee and his sister Lee Wei Ling, who died on October

Lee Hsien Yang, estranged brother of former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has accused Singapore's government of persecuting him, his wife and his son.

The son of the late Lee Kuan Yew, the modern-day founder of Singapore, has quietly been granted political asylum in Britain, in an implicit condemnation of the civil liberties offered by the city-state.

The youngest son of Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew has been granted asylum in the UK after suffering years of alleged persecution by a regime then headed by his older brother.

The brother of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook posting on Tuesday that he remains a Singaporean citizen and hopes that one day it will be safe for him to return home.