Son of founder of modern Singapore says he is now a political refugee

FILE PHOTO: Lee Hsien Yang of the Progress Singapore Party meets residents ahead of the general election in Singapore June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dawn Chua/File Photo

(Reuters) - Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the founder of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and estranged brother of former premier Lee Hsien Loong, said on Tuesday he is now a political refugee from Singapore under the U.N. Refugee Convention.

He said in a Facebook post that Britain has determined that he faces "a well-founded risk of persecution, and cannot safely return to Singapore".