SINGAPORE — Mr Lee Kuan Yew's former lawyer was on Friday (May 5) ordered to pay a total of S$13,000 in penalties over misconduct in relation to the wills of the founding prime minister of Singapore.
Based on a report by a disciplinary tribunal released on Friday, Madam Kwa Kim Li was ordered to pay a S$5,000 penalty for failing to"scrupulously safeguard" the late Mr Lee's confidentiality while handling his will; and S$8,000 for misleading his children Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Dr Lee Wei Ling in an email response to their queries.Mdm Kwa, the managing partner of law firm Lee & Lee, had prepared a total of six wills for Mr Lee Kuan Yew between Aug 20, 2011, and Nov 2, 2012.
The Law Society took charge of the complaint involving breach of confidentiality, while Mr Lee Hsien Yang took conduct of the complaint involving misleading information. However Mdm Kwa, represented by senior counsel Cavinder Bull, argued that the tribunal should issue a reprimand or impose a modest penalty.
The tribunal accepted Mdm Kwa was replying to queries from Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Dr Lee"under the notion that she ought to respond to queries from beneficiaries, who also happened to be her first cousins, with whom she grew up". The tribunal did not find that the charge was made out in relation to the email dated June 4, 2015. It found that there was insufficient evidence to prove that there was any query that required a reference to the November and December 2013 communications.
Mdm Kwa argued that her statement in the email was true and complete as she was not involved in the preparation or execution of the seventh will.
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