Predictably, the disgraced absconder Lee Hsien Yang submitted his objections to the announced gazetting of the 38 Oxley Rd. house. In them he calls on the authorities not to "trample on" Lee Kuan Yew's wishes.
In reality, whatever he says is what is known in psychology as "projection".
Projection is a behaviour of attributing one's own unacceptable feelings and behaviours to somebody else, due to mental inability to confront them within yourself.
The afflicted individual accuses everybody else of what he himself is guilty.
Can there be a better example of that than Lee Hsien Yang?
Lee Kuan Yew accepted preservation efforts
The great misfortune of the case, which is now being abused by LHY (who, let's remember, admitted publicly that his own statements need not to be accurate if they are not sworn) is that Lee Kuan Yew spoke quite publicly about the house's demolition but made no similarly vocal retraction when he accepted its preservation.
People, after all, change their minds – and so did Singapore's legendary leader (much like he changed his stance on Islam, for example).
As explained by ex-PM Lee Hsien Loong – to no objection of his siblings – in late 2011 Lee Kuan Yew agreed that the house would be preserved, under the condition that it is renovated and that the family's privacy is respected.
Lee Hsien Loong kept everybody informed about this decision and Lee Hsien Yang even recommended an architect, with whom Ho Ching and Lee Kuan Yew met to discuss the project, which required submission to the URA.
Such a submission was filed in March 2012 and ultimately accepted.
Lee Hsien Loong believed the matter was settled and only discovered that the will had been changed again in 2013, when it was unsealed after LKY's death in March 2015.
Quite unlike the former Prime Minister, neither Lee Hsieng Yang, nor his wife thought to inform their siblings about the changes they misleadingly pushed on LKY. Why?
And does that suggest honesty on their part?
Well, we know it can't, because both were found to have lied under oath during disciplinary proceedings against Lee Suet Fern over her conduct in drafting the will, leading to her suspension from legal practice for 15 months by the Court of Three Judges.
And then, when they were scheduled for an interview with the police regarding their lies – which are a crime – they ran away from the country.
Let's recap: yes, at first LKY thought it best to demolish the house, but after conversations with Lee Hsien Loong, Ho Ching, the government cabinet and even members of the local press, he agreed that it would be preserved, as long as it was renovated.
To that end he approved architectural the plans for the future construction works and had them filed with the URA.
The process involved all his children.
Why on Earth would he then hastily reverse everything in secret in 2013?
Why was that last will drafted and signed over just two days in December that year? Why did it not involve LKY's usual solicitor, who had been responsible for all previous wills, but was handled by Lee Hsien Yang's wife Lee Suet Fern? Why was nobody else informed and the matter kept secret between them?
Well, they know answers to these questions, but they have refused to provide them to the police investigating their role in the resulting mess, which they have lied about before the local judges.
Instead, they chose to abscond to the UK and live a jet set life in fake exile, while supporting Singapore's opposition parties against the PAP. Would Lee Kuan Yew approve of that?
And yet Lee Hsien Yang dares to lecture the government about not "trampling" his father's legacy and honouring his wishes...
