Senior lawyer Lee Suet Fern has been suspended for at least 15 months from practicing the law after she was found guilty of frauding with her father-in-law and Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew last will.
The Court of Three Judges have delivered the verdict, saying that her culpability was “at least moderately high” in handling the case of late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s last will.
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, who wrote the judgment, state that the potential harm could have been far more severe than the actual harm that eventuated.
Earlier in February, Lee was found guilty in two charges of grossly improper conduct as a lawyer.
Meanwhile, her lawyer urged the highest disciplinary body to drop all the charges against her.
Lee, who is the daughter in-law of late founding member of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, also said that charges against her