ALJAZAM News March 23, 2015
Factions. He was one of the 20th centurys most influential leaders. Lee kuan yew was largely credited for attorneying singapore into a large port sister died at 81. He was also accused of being authoritarian. Lee kuan yew born in 1923, he saw his homeland occupied. First by the british and then the japanese. After training as a lawyer in britain, he became Prime Minister in 1959. A post he would hold for 31 years. Despite a ruthless style of politics lee was no independence leader. Singapore became independent against its will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a backdrop of racial tension...