Court reserves judgement on whether Lee Suet Fern should be sanctioned for role in Lee Kuan Yew's final will

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SINGAPORE — Judges presiding over Mrs Lee Suet Fern's disciplinary hearing on Thursday (Aug 13) focused their attention on a particular rule — that a lawyer shall not act for a client who intends to make a significant gift by will to any member of her family — in questioning her defence that it would have been hard for her to say no to Lee Kuan Yew.

 

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