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 UN 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."
Singapore's government has said a claim by the youngest son of the country's modern founder that he is facing persecution in the city-state is "baseless" and "unfounded," Channel News Asia reported.
In an online article, Channel News Asia carried an image of a government statement, which it said was a response to questions from the Guardian newspaper.