Lee Suet Fern was suspended for 15 months
SINGAPORE: Comparisons are being made between senior lawyers Lee Suet Fern and Kwa Kim Li after Ms Kwa was ordered to pay $13,000 in penalties for misconduct relating to the way she handled the late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s wills.On May 5, a disciplinary tribunal found her guilty of misconduct unbefitting an advocate and solicitor after it determined that she made the false and misleading representation that the late Mr Lee never instructed her to change his seventh will.
As the disciplinary tribunal found the harm committed by Ms Kwa’s misconduct to be “low” and her culpability “low to medium,” it ordered her to pay penalties “sufficient and appropriate to the misconduct committed”. The case has garnered widespread interest online, given the prominence of the Lee family as well as the fact that another Lee family member was charged with misconduct recently.
In particular, the Law Society alleged that Ms Lee had failed to properly advise the late Mr Lee on the implications of a clause in the will that stated that the final decision on the distribution of his estate should be made by his daughter and not by Mr Lee Hsien Yang.The tribunal found the couple lied to the public and suppressed their role in the making of the will.
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